It's comb is dark. I'm thinking boy. Do you have a picture of it standing up? Boys always carry themselves taller, tail erect and head up. Look for pointed feathers around the neck and base of tail =boy. As for crowing Some of my EE's started crowing at 10 weeks. Some take longer. When you hear an awful sound and aren't sure what it is. you know it's a boy. I do have an EE hen who has always had a dark comb. But she was uniformed in color=girl trait. Boy EE's tend to have scattered patterns. If you see any red/brown patches on the wings =boy. I love my EE's but they can be hard to sex with the solid or muted colors. Like my blue ones. I can't go by color. You just have to look at the way they stand and if you see them fight others that's a good sign. good luck.
i think we can easily make the run longer and the coop is big enough for 4-6 birds. I really wanted to get a silkie at the Newport show but needed a hen. Anybody?
I might get flack for this, but have you thought of using a remote control correction collar? It's one of the tools I would use if you don't leave a dog on leash, you have to make sure to use one for yard training, it's what hunters use for field training sometimes. I would get one with several correction levels, slowly have to work up til you know which level stops thought, and which one will work for continued bad behavior. Otherwise, you have many weeks of training leave it, especially if they are "deaf" to commands when around the chickens. Also, could teach a recall command.
