7 week old “sexed” pullets??

[JurassicBawk]

Facebook memories gave me these from 4 years ago when I was trying to rehome my boy. You can see the wonky tail and darker brick red color bars on his wings. He was bought at 2 days old as a sexed pullet. Luckily I found him a great home, but it was not pleasant getting attached and having to rehome him.

 

[JurassicBawk]

For comparison, I just went out and took pics of my dark blonde Easter Egger that I got when she was 3 months old and is now just over a year. I was a little nervous that she was going to darken up and be a boy but she lays a lovely blue egg. I was told that darker on the wings is fine as long as it is not red, and the more symmetrical on both sides the better shot of being female. So through online research and my own experience it seems it’s just the splotchy deep brick red color on the wings specifically that denotes male.