Can anyone help me with this one?

VikingMom4

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Sep 19, 2010
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My son got this chicken over the summer - it is now 9 1/2 weeks old. My gut tells me 'she' is a rooster - they were purchased as pullets from our local poultry farm (where we have purchased other pullets successfully). Its comb isn't bothering me as much as its green tail feathers. Can anyone offer any advice as to if it is a he or she?
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Green tail feathers sound like a roo, but your pictures aren't showing up so it's hard to say for sure.

Wow, you're quick--Picture was up before my post was finished. Sorry, that looks like an EE roo to me. I have one that is 15 weeks old and if I had any pics. handy I'd post them for you since the coloring is very similar to yours. The only roos I've ever gotten from the pullet bin have both been EE's, I wonder if they are as harder to sex then other breeds?
 
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Your fella looks a lot like my EE roo at nine weeks. Same situation - he was sexed as a pullet also. I'm very fond of him but will eventually have to find another home for him. EEs do grow up into gorgeous, multicolored roosters - so sad to let them go!


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Thank you all very much. I think we've all be thinking it's a rooster for a while...but trying not to admit it. The worst part is he is such a sweet and gentle bird - loves to be by the kids. Wish I could send my neighbors away to another house instead of the chicken.
 

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