4 week old EE

[mrstiffanymayer]

I am thinking roo. What do you think?

chicken in question is on the left

closeup of head

comb looking red to me

 

[Goose and Fig]

I'd give it a few more weeks. It's hard to tell sometimes with that type of comb. Are his legs any bigger than the other ones? Hard to tell- he's moving in the pic.

 

[luvchicks8]

looks rooish for now but that might change.

 

[fshinggrl]

I can't tell. Wait a few weeks. I don't see anything that shouts roo at this point.

 

[Whirlwind]

Usually a roo will eye you more than a pullet. He will also thunk when he jumps down. A pullet will land more lightly. A wise Speckledhen told me that. It seems to hold true. Not sure if I can tell from the picks.

 

[catwalk]

I've had a couple of chicks with that "TV static" feathering, and they've been girls. So it's possible you have a pullet. I have 5 month- old EE's running wild outside -- I'll try to get photos for you to compare. I have one small comb and four that look like yours, and one of them was observed crowing to his heatlamp/ spotlight last week!

 

[catwalk]

This is as close as I culd get to them with my camera zoom. I'm either gonna have to get a better camera or start taming them! One of these two in front is the Midnight crower; neither one has completely lost their baby down yet. The other two have feathered out, but the columbian one has a comb as big as the other two.

The little guy in front is a roo, the one in back has a smaller comb than any of them.

Sorry I can't get better pics or close- ups. I think the bottom line for your bird is -- I don't know!

 

[speckledhen]

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Are you sure that was me? Don't recall saying that. Hmm. Well, I think you may have to wait on the sex of that one. Though there is a bit of pink the comb is pretty narrow. The pea combed breeds can be tricky if they have a "less than textbook" comb.

 

[Whirlwind]

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Are you sure that was me? Don't recall saying that. Hmm. Well, I think you may have to wait on the sex of that one. Though there is a bit of pink the comb is pretty narrow. The pea combed breeds can be tricky if they have a "less than textbook" comb.

Thought it was you. It was along time ago tho. So sorry if mistaken.