EE gender

[mother o' chicks72]

Well I have heard of EE's coming in many colors, so it seems completely possible that shes a hen. And her comb is barely red at all especially compared to some of my other birds which people have screamed pullet about. I'm wondering if people are just prejudiced to my poor baby, everyone keeps saying shes a boy! So perhaps shes a guy, but thats not the vibe I'm getting from her.

 

[CCourson05]

Can you keep a roo?

 

[mother o' chicks72]

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I wish, i'm raising city chickens, no roos here.

 

[CCourson05]

You could easily get rid of him then... I know it's hard. It's a really pretty bird though, and you should be proud to have raised it, but it looks like a roo. I know nothing of the coloring or any other traits such as that, but judging by comb development and definition, it appears to be a roo. If you were close, I'd be willing to pay a good bit of money for him too!

 

[Nicole01]

You have a beautiful sweet boy.

 

[blefky]

Dealing with cockerels, and our attachment to them, is one of the difficult things about raising chicks in an area where roosters are prohibited. But it is a fact of life. Just yesterday I rehomed my favorite chick of this years hatches. He's a little wheaten ameraucana (only egg to hatch out of 10 shipped eggs and it's a boy

, but thems the breaks), and has the biggest personality in a little package - such a handsome young man. I was sad. But at the end of the day, it is what it is and rather denying the truth (some of the people who posted answers to you are very, very knowledgeable - he is a roo), you can enjoy him while he's growing, and you have time to choose a really good home for him where he can live a happy life. He's such a pretty guy, someone will want to keep him. Good luck.

 

[Forever Green]

I would also agree roo. Comb and feather surrounding neck, not sure what you call that area, I always call it their "mane", lol. My roos all have this very pronounced mane area with long feathers. My hens feathers in this area never extend that far. He sure is pretty. So I'll share this story, regarding feminine personality. We bought 6 straight run from TSC, our first birds. We didn't even know what straight run meant, but they were cute. We did our research and loved our babies so much, we went to Meyers and bought 6 hen-sexed day olds of various breeds. Of the 6 straight run, 4 were obvious roosters as they aged. Of the 6 hen-sexed, 3 were obvious roosters. I couldn't keep all these boys, it was havoc. I ran an add on Craigs list got rid of all of my roos except my 1 pick (Leo my EE). Things were great, had a few hens, had 1 roo. I travel for work and was gone one week. When I pulled into the driveway my beautiful buff orphington who cuddled my husband, runs with excitement to see us, sweetest clingy bird you could imagine, looked right at me and crowed. Surprise, within 1 week this Buff developed a huge comb and wattlese and crowed. It was like his testosterone never came in because there were so many roosters, he stayed disguised, it was safe. My husband and I were torn on which one to keep, we loved them both. We decided until there was a problem between them, there was no problem for us. Two years later, we have 2 Roos (Leo our EE and Red our Buff). They change who gets to be #1, but coexist quite nicely. We just need to make sure that daylight the coop gets opened or there could be a battle and Red takes the most damage with his huge red comb. The EE has nothing to bleed. So, to this day, Red my Buff, comes to us when we call him, allows us to snuggle him. He was probably 20 wks before he crowed or showed his sign and it was only until he didn't feel threatened to do so.

Very long story short, personality can be very deceiving.....If you love the bird, roo or hen, no matter.....unless of course your neighbors don't like the crowing. My EE crows all day long, loud and stout. My Buff crows very little.

 

[featherz]

I think it's a boy. My pea combed EE's are now 12 weeks old, not red at all, and no big third middle row of 'peas'. EE's can do all the hormonal stuff later, so it can be a boy even if it's not crowing or acting roo-ish yet.

 

[KansasBoy]

Either I'm not seeing what others are or something... Comb looks yellow tipped to me! GIRL!

 

[schellie69]

mother o' chicks72 :

so I'm posting them all in seperate posts this time so I don't overwhelm you.
Ok this is Amapola, i've posted her lots of times before, and even after being told roo 100s of times not convinced. she is 10-12 weeks old. any guesses on gender?
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https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/83336_111.jpg
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thanks!

I am sorry mother o' chicks 72 but you have posted pictures of this chicken many times and every time most of the replies have been its a boy. I know some of the posters have raised EE's for a long time and I would trust them. I am sorry you haven gotten attached to him but if he is a boy and you can not have roosters it is time to find him a new home. I say rooster his comb is really pink and since girls do not pink up until they are close to point of lay which I doubt that a 10-12 week old pullet is ready to lay. I am also starting to see pointy hackle and saddle feathers. I know you are still hoping its a girl but since almost everyone says boy I would start preparing myself for finding him a new home instead of denying the truth. I am sorry that this hurts you but it is a fact of raising chicks that we all have to face. I have 3 bantams right now that my DD picked out if one or more turns out to be a boy then they will have to find a new home.