Are they all pullets?

slycat929

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Oct 11, 2017
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I have 8 chickens that are all 9 weeks old and from 2 different hatcheries. I will say that the frizzle and the blue Easter egger seem to have developed more slowly. I just want to make sure that they are all pullets, although I can have roosters. They are the following:

Black sex link
Black frizzled Easter egger
Blue Easter egger
Brownish Easter egger
2 Black olive eggers (one with white speckles and one with brown)
Silver laced Wyandotte
Golden laced Wyandotte

It was hard to get photos of them individually, as they would run away, so these are the images that I currently have:
 

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Thanks! I thought that they all were, but the second hatchery said they couldn’t make any guarantees with sex, so just wanted to double check.
 
They appear to all be pullets, but on occasion, the EE roos look like pullets until 9 weeks old and then start changing. I hope not for you. this summer I have had 2 out of 4 EE's that showed they were roos by 7 weeks, 2 that I thought were pullet until 9-10 weeks when their comb started increasing and little pointed saddle feathers started through. These are of Blue Feather, whom I thought/hoped was a pullet. Held chick and let eat out of hand. I process 2 of his brothers at 15 weeks old. 16 weeks old, Blue Feather decided to be a little aggressive, and flogged at my leg, no spurs yet, but, I gave him a quick kick anyway, he immediately took off. Hope that will dampen him. I wouldn't have handled him so much if he had shown he was a roo sooner. Anyway, here are pictures of him at 6,9 and 15 weeks old.

BlueFeatherpulletx3 6wks.jpg
Bluefeatherpulletorcockerel9wksold.jpg
BlueFeathercockerel15wks11162017.jpg
 
I am crossing my fingers! I feel like that would be too lucky for them all to be pullets. I feel bad for the little frizzle, as it does seem to get cold more easily. I didn’t ask for a frizzle, but I also didn’t specify that I didn’t want one. I only asked for Easter Eggers. I guess I will have to make a chicken sweater!
 

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