2 EE mixes - any guess on male of female?

[canesisters]

First one is Lido. BLRW/EE. About 5weeks old.







Next is Benzo. EE - also about 5 weeks old

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I think both are female since I dont see any red wattles and their combs arentthat red or big. I also dont see any saddle feathers but they aare still pretty young.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

I think both are female since I dont see any red wattles and their combs arentthat red or big. I also dont see any saddle feathers but they aare still pretty young.

EEs usually don't get wattles, since Ameraucanas don't have wattles. And they don't get red combs or saddle feathers this young, either. The only good way to sex EEs while young is by color.

Your darker one, I can't tell yet. Looks like a hen-ish color pattern, but that's a really wide comb for a female. Give her a couple of weeks and then ask again.

The bottom one is 100% rooster.

 

[canesisters]

Why 100% roo? Because of the comb? Or is there something else?

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

EEs usually don't get wattles, since Ameraucanas don't have wattles. And they don't get red combs or saddle feathers this young, either. The only good way to sex EEs while young is by color.

Your darker one, I can't tell yet. Looks like a hen-ish color pattern, but that's a really wide comb for a female. Give her a couple of weeks and then ask again.

The bottom one is 100% rooster.

some do some dont it reqlly just depends on what they are mixed with.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Why 100% roo? Because of the comb? Or is there something else?

Because of the coloring. That red color pattern in the shoulders is sex-linked, pullets can't get it. EE cockerels have patchy colors, whereas pullets tend to be a single color pattern all over the body except for the head. The coloring on your second bird is classic male EE. In fact, here is one of my own cockerels--see the red patchy coloration in the shoulders, just like yours?

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

some do some dont it reqlly just depends on what they are mixed with.

Very true, but it's far more rare, and combs and wattles are not a good predictor of gender in EEs this age. Many EE cockerels' combs don't develop until 8 weeks of age or later. Saddle feathers would not have developed at this age, either.