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.

 

[DWClay]

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.

OMG this is so fascinating! These are my first chicks I've ever hatched. I'm trying to learn as much as possible! Could I send you pictures of my 5 other chicks and you give me your best guess?

Thank You!

 

[LaurenRitz]

Put them in the thread. These are just markers--the more that match up, the higher the possibility of being correct, but they are still guesses.

 

[DWClay]

Here’s 4 of them. I’ll have to get better pics of the last one because she’s growing so fast.
A- RIR X Grey Easter Egger
B- The one already Posted
C- RIR X Black and Gold Easter Egger
D- RIR X Rhode Island Blue
E- RIR X Delaware

"D" has me scratching my head. Has the back stripe and head stripe but comb and wattles are already turning red!

 

[MROO]

Four weeks is really not old enough for even a remote guess ... but that doesn't keep us from doing it! I think you have an excellent shot at this little one being a pullet. Nothing screams cockerel ... yet!

 

[DWClay]

Four weeks is really not old enough for even a remote guess ... but that doesn't keep us from doing it! I think you have an excellent shot at this little one being a pullet. Nothing screams cockerel ... yet!

For sure! I think it’s also fun to look back and see if we were correct! Plus I love learning the reasoning behind everyone’s guesses! That way I can learn more!