Any chance this could be a roo?

[FirewifeJess]

I already know she's an EE and she's 21 weeks tomorrow. Can't get a better pic, WDYT?

 

[ChicKat]

Pretty chicken,

I suppose that there is always a chance....but I think at 21 weeks you would have heard a crow by now. I also think, can't tell from the picture that if there are three rows in the pea comb then it is pretty certain to be a rooster.

I bet you will be getting an egg shortly and know for sure then what the answer is. :O)

 

[Habibs Hens]

the hackles look pointy but then the sadle soes not so its hard to tell

gonna have to wait for someone else or a crow or egg

think i have to say pullet at this point

 

[FirewifeJess]

Yeah I'm a bit nervous. Her sister Laya laid an egg yesterday, and s/he is MUCH bigger and more mature than Laya. Do roosters ever squat like pullets who are beginning to lay? If not, I guess I answered my own question because Martha definitely squats. Watch...Imma go out to the run in 5 minutes and there will be a Martha laying her first egg

Here's Laya, her sister for comparison.

 

[SweetSilver]

First one looks like a pullet. I've seen our cockerels scope out nesting sites and sit in there and coo. Actually, from the front, the second one looks a bit like a cockerel, honestly, at least from the front. When feathers are patterned, it can be hard to tell from pictures whether they are pointed or not. At 21 weeks, they should be pretty obvious.

 

[FirewifeJess]

NO chance 2nd one is a roo, she laid an egg yesterday

Just worried about #1

 

[debid]

ZERO chance #1 is a rooster. That's an exclusively female feather pattern.

 

[donrae]

ZERO chance #1 is a rooster. That's an exclusively female feather pattern.

x2 That is all girl. Comb looks like she should be laying soon..............

 

[FirewifeJess]

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Glad to hear it from both of you Her sister laid her first egg yesterday so here's hoping! I'm like a new mom waiting on all these first eggs!

 

[StarLover21]

Oh yeah, DEFINITALLY a girl. Eggs from that one, and soon, too!