Any more opinions?

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Looks like a boy to me. Pullets don't get red in their combs until older.

 

[The Angry Hen]

From what my eyes are seeing, it seems that you have a young cockerel on your hands. Best of luck along your journey of having him. I'm assuming he's an Easter Egger(?) Very handsome!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

ok, perhaps they are just new feathers coming in, which is why I mentioned to take a closer look in real life... so if you can't tell by feathering and no one is crowing or laying at this age, then what makes you say cockerel? Just the pinkness in the comb? am I missing something? Is it just a 50% chance guess?

At this age, you can usually tell by the comb. Males will have larger, more red combs, and the females will be small and pale. 12 weeks is when the males start to grow male feathering.

 

[savvychickz]

From what my eyes are seeing, it seems that you have a young cockerel on your hands. Best of luck along your journey of having him. I'm assuming he's an Easter Egger(?) Very handsome!

Yes! Well, an Easter Egger x Barred Rock mix

 

[Redhead Rae]

Yes! Well, an Easter Egger x Barred Rock mix

Is the barred rock the mother? If so, you have a homemade black sex link and the chick is definitely male because there is faint barring in the tail. It is obscured by the blue coloring, but it is there.

 

[Alexandra33]

Agreed, that's likely a handsome cockerel.

~Alex

 

[savvychickz]

Is the barred rock the mother? If so, you have a homemade black sex link and the chick is definitely male because there is faint barring in the tail. It is obscured by the blue coloring, but it is there.

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No, the Barred Rock is the father while the EE is the mother. He has barring at the end of most of his feathers, can’t really show in picture though lol.

 

[Redhead Rae]

No, the Barred Rock is the father while the EE is the mother. He has barring at the end of most of his feathers, can’t really show in picture though lol.

Ah ok. In that case, it isn’t a homemade black sex link. I still vote that it is a cockerel though. A pea comb that red at 6 weeks is telling.

 

[savvychickz]

They grow up so fast

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Boy oh boy, he sure did.