EE gender at 18 weeks

[GeneGoddess]

By 18 weeks, shouldn't I be able to tell a roo from a hen? Seriously, I must be a freak. I'm planning to thin my flock a bit and
need to rehome a few EEs. But I want to make sure that what I am giving away are indeed hens and not roos (I would hate
to give someone a "hen" than starts to crow). Will someone please reassure me? Thanks. Also, I'm including a 19wk old
Partridge Rock. She's a girl, too, right? No one is crowing and no one is laying eggs yet...

Cupcake

Leader

Greywing

Nugget

Anonymous

And the PR "Jane". She's about 19 weeks.

Thank you.

 

[Tiramisu]

Cupcake - hen
Leader - roo?
Greywing - hen
Nugget - hen
Anonymous -hen
Jane - not sure

 

[schellie69]

I would say pullets except for the last one but I am not sure. But I know those are some great looking EE's I really liked greywing.

 

[sherrydeanne]

All the EE's are hens. The PR looks to be a hen to me, but I don't know the breed well.

 

[sred98]

I don't know...Nugget looks a little "rooish" to me.

And no, you're not a freak...at least not about this!

Can't say much about other things, but it is really hard sometimes to sex the EE's! I had one that didn't crow til he was 8 months old, then all of a sudden started crowing and decided to grow pointy feathers.

The thing that makes me think Nugget is a roo is that if you look near his tail, those feathers are thinner than Cupcake's (?) that is standing next to him in that pic. Also his neck feathers seem to be swooping back a little. My roos seem to get that early, and my hens not til they are over a year.

It is hard to tell by their combs. His seems to be a little larger and pinker than the other EE girls, but it is not reliable until one day when it is obvious. You'll drive yourself crazy if you try and go by that! LOL!

The PR is a girl! She'd have big greenish black tail feathers starting to curve if she was a boy. They mature faster than the EE do.

Very pretty birds!

Shelly

 

[TriciaHowe]

All are pullets... Very pretty ones

 

[BLaBauve]

I think all pullets

 

[MikasGirl]

All are DEFINITELY girlies, pretty ones too

EE roos generally are more "splotchy" with their coloring... Example-

Boy at 4months-

Girl at 4 months-

 

[BantyRooster]

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Agreed. Definately pullets.

 

[Tiss]

They look like girls to me too. The only one I might question is Nugget and that's just because I can't get a good look at her saddle though the weeds.