Easter Egger?? Age?

[jeslewmazer]

With those pictures...it looks like it's older than 12weeks and maybe a pullet. Like farmerChef said....It is kind of hard to tell with white birds. How old it the chicken behind the EE?

 

[Emptywagon2]

It is supposed to be 12 to 16 wks like the EE but it was supposed to be a pullet too. Most everyone on another post said roo. I got them both from the same lady...she had so many that I don't think she knew how old they were forsure. She said they were ALL pullets too. umm!

 

[hdowden]

its hard to tell but it should have pointy hackles if its a roo. try taken a piece of colored cloth and lay a few of its feathers on it and you should be able to tell if roo or not. hens will have rounded tipped feathers that a fat and roos have slider pointed feathers around their necks

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

If it's 12 weeks it's probably a boy. Getting a better look at the face I would definitely say EE, but diluted as it has a single comb. If it's 16 weeks it could be a girl getting ready to lay. Hard to tell with white birds. Saddle feathers are the easiest way to tell as soon as they start coming in you know it's a boy.

 

[jeslewmazer]

In 4 more weeks you should know for sure. The lady could have known what she was talking about, got mistaken, or pulled the wool over you. I hope they are pullets for your sake.

It makes such a difference if they are 12 weeks vs 16 weeks. Some hens start laying as early as 16weeks and as late as.....well....I have one that is going on 10months and only 1 egg and none since. I think EEs average around 22-26weeks. But its comb and waddles look awfully red.

 

[nurse_turtle]

I believe her to be a hen, but seems I read somewhere that it would be quite unusual for an EE with a single comb to ever lay blue/green eggs.

 

[Pele]

I believe it's an White Orpington/EE cross. The white legs are a dominant gene in Orps, so that could explain why the willow legs gene isn't showing. I do not see anything that screams roo.

 

[Emptywagon2]

Thanks for all the info... I will keep an eye out for eggs.

 

[bloom_ss]

Looks like an EE cross to me and if it is only 12 weeks, it is a boy.

 

[MassivelyScrambled]

From the pics I'd say that it's a 16 week (or more) pullet, EE cross. If it truly is 12 weeks it may be a roo. But honestly, based on only the photos you provided I still think it's a pullet.