EE gender

[Daylayna]

They're all pullets in my opinion.

I think they are all pulleys too

 

[Stephh0701]

Even with little oranges black feathers and red comb? I'm so confused now . I guess I'll just have to wait till they crow or lay to be sure. I'd love for them all to be pullets though! We get roughly 13 to 15 eggs a day already but my family of 7 often needs more than that throughout the week. And it doesn't hurt to give our neighbors eggs here and there for dealing with the odd chicken coming through their yard now and then when they fly over the fences.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Thank you! I've had a mild suspicion about the white chick as well... hut mainly due to the tail feathers. Here's a few more of him/her. I'm going to be sad if they're both cockerels. The white one is my favorite too . So I'm wondering now how everyone else thought their coloring was strictly female.... are they maybe not EE or are they odd birds?

I think people were going off of color patterns when the chicks were 3-4 wks old... lot of changes happen between 3 and 6 weeks.
The comb can often confirm a male early by it's shape and color.

Do these pictures change any minds? Or most likely still pullets? I've had quite a few chickens in the last 3 years (roughly) and all of them that had this red of a comb at this point were roof's. I have to confess I've only ever had 2 EE and they're both girls so no clue how an EE roo would start turning out.

Indeed, the gold boy had a fat red comb very early, so made you suspicious, yes? And 2 weeks later his coloring confirms it.

I still can't see the comb clearly on the white one to be sure. Feather coloring is a bit patchy, so suspect. A focused close up of the comb would help.

With EEs you almost always know by 8 wks at the latest, so not too much longer.

 

[Stephh0701]

His comb and attitude made me suspicious. I'm at the point that I would be surprised if he wasn't a roo.

Here's the white one. Hopefully it's a pullet but again, I won't hold my breath. The comb isn't nearly as prominent as little orange's is but I wouldn't be surprised just based off its tail feathers, which we didn't capture in these pictures but are shown in the other pictures.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

His comb and attitude made me suspicious. I'm at the point that I would be surprised if he wasn't a roo.

Here's the white one. Hopefully it's a pullet but again, I won't hold my breath. The comb isn't nearly as prominent as little orange's is but I wouldn't be surprised just based off its tail feathers, which we didn't capture in these pictures but are shown in the other pictures.

If I had to bet, I'd bet cockerel. But I'd prefer to make the wager in a week or two, just to be sure.

 

[Stephh0701]

Okay so I'm resigned to the fact that little orange is a boy but is my white EE for sure a cockerel as well? I go back and forth everyday but I'm pretty sure its mostly wishful thinking.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Okay so I'm resigned to the fact that little orange is a boy but is my white EE for sure a cockerel as well? I go back and forth everyday but I'm pretty sure its mostly wishful thinking.

So 7-8 weeks now?

White one is not for sure... a close up comb pic would help.
It would also be good to see the comb on the "gold boy" for comparison. Usually by this age the larger red comb can be seen from across the yard. I can't see either of them well in the pics, but he still has male patchy color pattern at this time.
Black with gold necklace has female patterning.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Can you get better pics? and comb pics?

 

[Stephh0701]

I can try to get better pics this afternoon when we get home. They're a bit tricky to catch but sometimes we get lucky

 

[Stephh0701]

I know it took me long enough but heres the pictures.