ARGH! Saddle feathers on an EE?

[Cheska]

Oh, yeah, hers are all rounded, she's just so much more feathered out than my other pullet EE, who is OBVIOUSLY a pullet, that I was getting worried.

 

[donrae]

The shape is the difference. OPs hen has soft, rounded feathers. Roosters have long, drapey, pointed, hanging off the body and often shinier than the body feathers.

 

[Cheska]

Whew! I'm glad! Thank you!

 

[hdowden]

not to mention her coloration is a pullet/hen only color

 

[Cheska]

Ok, so all EE's colored this way are pullets?

 

[hdowden]

yes you will never see a cockerel with that color

 

[featherz]

All chickens have 'saddle feathers', the rooster saddles will be stringy and pointy and ladies will have rounded feathers. Female EE's due to their coloration might LOOK like they have pointed feathers, but when looked at carefully you will see they are rounded.. OP's bird is a female, I have one just like it.

 

[Cheska]

You all have made my day. Thank you soooo much!