3 easter egger chicks - is 1 a rooster?

[kylemsenger]

We have three easter egger chicks, which from my research seem to be the hardest to sex when they are young.
Since about 3 days old I suspected one of them may be a rooster. IMPOSSIBLE to tell i know but she was always larger, started to feather faster and when her sisters started to feather and grow they have never caught up, at 5 weeks this chick has a larger body, larger pea comb, larger and differently shaped tail feathers, even her head just looks more masculine to me! but I know that since e.e. don't conform to a true breed standard and are a result of mixing different types of chickens, they can have varied characteristics.
Heres the thing tho I can't have a rooster where I live and if she is a he I
would like to get rid of her and replace her with another pullet while everyone is still relatively young.
PLEASE HELP!

I believe 1 and 3 are def. pullets
Number 2 is our suspected cockrel

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

To your luck all pullets to me!

 

[sourland]

All appear to be pullets.

 

[coach723]

You are right, EE's can be hard to tell. At this point they all look like pullets to me. Do you have room for 4 birds? You could add one now, and then still have 3 if it turns out to be a cockerel. I would wait longer before deciding it's a cockerel. I have one bird, EE/wyandotte mix, that I was SURE was a cockerel all along. Nope, she's a she, a testy cantankerous one. I wasn't really convinced until nearly point of lay. Mixed breeds can fool you. When in doubt, wait.

 

[kylemsenger]

You are right, EE's can be hard to tell. At this point they all look like pullets to me. Do you have room for 4 birds? You could add one now, and then still have 3 if it turns out to be a cockerel. I would wait longer before deciding it's a cockerel. I have one bird, EE/wyandotte mix, that I was SURE was a cockerel all along. Nope, she's a she, a testy cantankerous one. I wasn't really convinced until nearly point of lay. Mixed breeds can fool you. When in doubt, wait.

Great advice! I do just barely have room for one more at the moment but this is my first year with chickens, If all goes well this winter I will likely add a larger coop to my run and at least double (possibly triple) my flock. I know this is a major pain (introducing young pullets to adult birds) but I may just wait for one of the hens to go broody and go with eggs this time around (and an easier to sex breed of chicken! lol)

 

[coach723]

If you hatch eggs you are going to end up with a fair amount of cockerels, so have a plan for what you will do with them. I usually have no trouble integrating new birds, I just let it take as long as it takes without rushing it. It is harder to integrate a single bird into an existing flock, since it has no buddies to hang out with.

 

[JedJackson]

2 is a bit more developed, but it's probably just growing a bit faster. The comb looks relatively small and pale, and the coloring is pretty even and typlical for a female EE. The legs are a little thick, but not enough to say it is a cockerel. I think it is a pullet.

Watch the comb over the next 3 weeks or so. If it grows rapidly and gets red, then you may have a cockerel.

 

[Birds of a Feather]

Pullets.

 

[meetthebubus]

Here was my ee roo at that age, I think you have a pullet... to compare!

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[meetthebubus]

So cute by the way!