4 week old RIRxOlive Egger Cross

[DWClay]

Hello All! This is Petrie! His dad is a RIR X Speckled Sussex cross. He looks like a RIR but with light legs and a slightly speckled chest.
His mom is an all black olive egger with feathered feet. He’ll be 4 weeks old in two days and he already has a prominent comb and is starting to get wattles! This is why I suspect he is a cockerel! But what do you guys think?

I’ve added mom and dad’s pics!

 

[kattabelly]

Too early to say for sure.

 

[LaurenRitz]

No color on the comb and wattles yet. Size is not an indicator. The last chick I had born with a prominent comb turned out to be a pullet.

My guess would be pullet at this point, mostly based on coloring, but it's only a guess. Coloring is a better indicator just after hatch.

 

[DWClay]

No color on the comb and wattles yet. Size is not an indicator. The last chick I had born with a prominent comb turned out to be a pullet.

My guess would be pullet at this point, mostly based on coloring, but it's only a guess. Coloring is a better indicator just after hatch.

Her he is right after hatching and then over the next three days after that! It would be perfect if he was a pullet but either way is okay!!

 

[LaurenRitz]

Distinct head stripe and back stripe, distinct eyeliner are usually pullet markers in new chicks. Not always, but it adds evidence to my guess. No white wing cap (which often indicates cockerel) and stance also suggests pullet.