Easter Egger - Roo or Pullet?

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

This chick is nine weeks old, and is the most confusing chick we’ve ever had. It has thin legs like a pullet, fights like a cockerel, splotchy coloring like a cockerel, and an in-between comb that is pinkish, but we live in very hot Texas so all our pullets have that. We will have to get rid of this chick if it turns out to be a cockerel as we won’t have enough hens.

 

[RUNuts]

You need a 3rd option on the poll. "I haven't a clue". I've got an Ideal EE I'm wondering about also, but only 7 weeks old, so we have a bit of time.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

You need a 3rd option on the poll. "I haven't a clue". I've got an Ideal EE I'm wondering about also, but only 7 weeks old, so we have a bit of time.

It’s been a wild ride with this chick from week 1. Fingers crossed for just a feisty pullet! These Ideal babies have been all over the place for us.

 

[RUNuts]

I've got 6 chicks, but none with white. Yours is pretty. Interesting to see how they turn out is right.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I've got 6 chicks, but none with white. Yours is pretty. Interesting to see how they turn out is right.

Thank you! We were not expecting the white at all when we first got the chick.

I wish we had been able to see the parent birds from Ideal. EE’s are interesting for sure!

 

[Conan]

Third category needed for sure! What an interesting (and beautiful) looking bird - I also have no clue though my EE girls are total spazzes and sparred around that age too.
I wish I had documented the growth (weekly) for my EE girls and will do so in the future - I'd love to have a recent thread complete with tons of pics showing growth and feather coloration from start to finish because, as you said, it is just so up in the air! You never know what they will end up looking like!

 

[Kiki]

I am going to guess that he is a boy only because of the color I am seeing coming out in his shoulders.
Well that and his chick picture.
I am not seeing defined eye liner stripes in the chick photo.

This is just a guess. I do not know.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I am going to guess that he is a boy only because of the color I am seeing coming out in his shoulders.
Well that and his chick picture.
I am not seeing defined eye liner stripes in the chick photo.

This is just a guess. I do not know.

That’s what I was thinking. That and the comb growth. It walks like a hen, has thin legs like a hen, but that tail, red patches, and mean nature just screams cock.

 

[drumstick diva]

me too, because of the reddish patches

 

[chickenE]

Interesting thread... I would guess girl. If you get a chance would love to see updated pictures in a few weeks.