Easter Egger pullet or cockerel?

[paxfarms]

This baby is a 6 week and 6 day old Easter Egger. Any idea if it's a pullet or cockerel?

 

[Shadowfire]

I'd say pullet, but it's a hard call

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Very red comb is leading me to say, cockerel

 

[cleoandtheflock]

Pullet

 

[chickenE]

Boy.

 

[mymilliefleur]

I could go either way right now....I'm leaning toward pullet though.

 

[Table4Six]

Cockerel, or young rooster.

 

[QueenAvis]

I'm leaning towards a cockerel

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

This would appear to be a young cockerel. While the barring pattern is 1 that 1 would normally associate with a female barred bird, because barred is not a color that would breed true in Easter Eggers it is not possible to use the usual single/double barred plumage "rule" in assessing gender and, without knowing the exact parentage it is not safe to assume this is a sex linked crossing, so that leaves using standard assessment relative to age and this bird has a pronounced, bright comb at 6 weeks. In keeping with "think horses not zebras" one would reach the conclusion that this is a male bird that has only 1 copy of the barring gene due to its breeding resulting in the darker plumage pattern in a male bird.

 

[paxfarms]

This would appear to be a young cockerel. While the barring pattern is 1 that 1 would normally associate with a female barred bird, because barred is not a color that would breed true in Easter Eggers it is not possible to use the usual single/double barred plumage "rule" in assessing gender and, without knowing the exact parentage it is not safe to assume this is a sex linked crossing, so that leaves using standard assessment relative to age and this bird has a pronounced, bright comb at 6 weeks. In keeping with "think horses not zebras" one would reach the conclusion that this is a male bird that has only 1 copy of the barring gene due to its breeding resulting in the darker plumage pattern in a male bird.

My thoughts exactly. This chick has kept me on my toes trying to figure out what it is. I don't know the parentage. This chick hatched out of a bluish green egg, but that tells me nothing. I've been leaning towards cockerel, but the barring has me completely thrown. It also has the 3 rows of bumps on it's comb, which, from what I've read, means cockerel. I don't know how accurate that is though as this is my first experience with a pea comb. At what age would you think it would be safe to says it's definitely a cockerel?