Easter egger cockerel or pullet?

LemonyCatapult

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I have some 2.5 month old olive eggers here, but one of them is throwing me through a loop. She’s much more pullet-like than her brothers which are clearly roosters, but she has a brighter comb and waddles than my other pullets of the same age but perhaps that’s just her. Can anyone tell me if she is, in fact, a pullet?

Two of the pictures feature her brothers.

Thanks!
 

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I have some 2.5 month old olive eggers here, but one of them is throwing me through a loop. She’s much more pullet-like than her brothers which are clearly roosters, but she has a brighter comb and waddles than my other pullets of the same age but perhaps that’s just her. Can anyone tell me if she is, in fact, a pullet?

Two of the pictures feature her brothers.

Thanks!
Need clearer pictures of just her preferably with comb, saddle, hackles clearly visible. That being said so far nothing screams cockerel just yet from these pics. Behavior at a young age is a bad thing to try and sex off of though
 
Need clearer pictures of just her preferably with comb, saddle, hackles clearly visible. That being said so far nothing screams cockerel just yet from these pics. Behavior at a young age is a bad thing to try and sex off of though
She’s one of our more timid chicks so I will try and snap some better pictures! Thanks for your input
 
Need clearer pictures of just her preferably with comb, saddle, hackles clearly visible. That being said so far nothing screams cockerel just yet from these pics. Behavior at a young age is a bad thing to try and sex off of though

It’s strange that her waddles/ comb are more prominent than her brother’s but she definitely has more of a pullet disposition.
 

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Yeah at 9-10 weeks I'd say that's the color and size of cockerel comb, despite appearing to be the shape of a pullet comb.
As far as the wattles go the reason you see them more on this bird than the other is because he has a beard which suppresses his wattle growth.
 
I'm still not convinced though. How old is the bird in weeks? And do you have clear pics of the saddle feathers? They appear rounded buts it's possible he's too young to have them in yet. Too much still in question on this one
 
If your birds are EEs, i would lean toward rooster. All my EEs with and amount of that beautiful red on their sholders has turned rooster for me. This is Moana.
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This is him at 4 weeks when his red started to show.
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And this is summer. He is currently around 6-8 weeks.
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You can tell he is a rooster because of the 3-row peacomb. He also has the red shoulders. Hope this helps you.
 

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