Haha, mine is a girl I think. The feathers are the girl color right?
She's my favorite of all my chicks, as you can tell because she is also my avatar.
I have a 5 1/2 week old EEer that I'd like advice on
She was solid white as a baby chick, and has some rust coming in. It's very similar to my other EE here who is definitely a hen:
EXCEPT. This chick has the rust coming in mostly on it's head/neck where my EE hen has it on her body and not neck. And it as these weird individual dark grey/black feathers coming in on it's head and under one wing, which is different from my EE hen...
Here s/he is, Thoughts?
These cheeks are awesome, aren't they?
Ah, yes, he was a tricky one with the all-over patterning! But the coloring doesn't match mine and that's really what I'm going off of. The combo of silver neck, rosy breast, and dark/pattered back is feminine. Mine isn't pure like a silver Ameraucana but if you look at pictures of them, you'll see how the color combos work for a pullet vs. cockerel, how vastly different they look, and why I think mine is pattered like a girl.lol This is Hawk, who feathered in "typical girl" but was definitely boy. I wish I got some pictures of him before we rehomed him - he was really pretty.
Growing up...
And then the red starts coming in:
Really nice looking cockerel! Such loooong legs. He would have been a beautiful pullet too.
