EE Pullet or Cockerel? Please Help!

[heath_elisha]

Oh and here is a thread I started back in March. I had a EE that I really questioned.... she now lays a beautiful blue egg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/639024/easter-egger-boy-or-girl

 

[debid]

Except that it's not the colors themselves, it's how the colors are distributed. You have a bunch of girls pictured below and you'll notice that not a single one of them has red patches on her wings. If the OP's bird ends up developing red wing patches as those first couple of feathers are suggesting, it makes no difference what other colors are on him, he's a boy.

Pullet..... only pullets can have the coloration. See some pictures below of my 6 + week old girls. Their combs look just like yours.

 

[Kassaundra]

Except that it's not the colors themselves, it's how the colors are distributed. You have a bunch of girls pictured below and you'll notice that not a single one of them has red patches on her wings. If the OP's bird ends up developing red wing patches as those first couple of feathers are suggesting, it makes no difference what other colors are on him, he's a boy.

X 2, exactly. People keep posting pics of thier chickens that look "exactly" like the op's bird, only they really don't not one has had the red patches starting on the wings like the op's bird.

 

[aoxa]

Except that it's not the colors themselves, it's how the colors are distributed. You have a bunch of girls pictured below and you'll notice that not a single one of them has red patches on her wings. If the OP's bird ends up developing red wing patches as those first couple of feathers are suggesting, it makes no difference what other colors are on him, he's a boy.

I had girls that did. I am going through images now. I stand corrected.. I was sure they grew in like that, but according to my images, they didn't. My boy did though :/ Sorry.. Other then the red splotches, it does appear to be a girl. Though only a minimal number of EE females will have red in the wings like that though.. It does happen. I've seen people post obvious girls with it.

Here is my boy's comb at the same age as your bird in question, and his shoulder splotches were much bigger/deeper red.

 

[debid]

I think you're confusing red patterned or red females with a bird of some other coloration having a red wing patch. I have an EE hen that is an orangey color with reddish hues all over her and then black patterning. Her wings and head are slightly more reddish than the rest of her. But at no point did she develop a wing patch or solid splotches of dark red interrupting the patterning on her wing. Only my cockerel chick had that. Like I said, though, IMO, it's still too early to call it because the red feathers showing have some black on them. But given their position and that they are the only red feathers on the wing, it's highly suspect.

I had girls that did. I am going through images now.
I stand corrected.. I was sure they grew in like that, but according to my images, they didn't. My boy did though

Sorry..
Other then the red splotches, it does appear to be a girl. Though only a minimal number of EE females will have red in the wings like that though.. It does happen. I've seen people post obvious girls with it.

Here is my boy's comb at the same age as your bird in question, and his shoulder splotches were much bigger/deeper red.

 

[aoxa]

I think you're confusing red patterned or red females with a bird of some other coloration having a red wing patch.  I have an EE hen that is an orangey color with reddish hues all over her and then black patterning.  Her wings and head are slightly more reddish than the rest of her.  But at no point did she develop a wing patch or solid splotches of dark red interrupting the patterning on her wing.  Only my cockerel chick had that.  Like I said, though, IMO, it's still too early to call it because the red feathers showing have some black on them.  But given their position and that they are the only red feathers on the wing, it's highly suspect.

The OP's bird has hardly any red in the wings at all.

But here is an example of what I mean with dark red in the wing and it still is a pullet

If that is all you are going by to sex the OP's bird, I would say wait a while and see. This is not a 100% no doubt in sight kind of thing. I do think it is more likely that it is a boy then a girl, but I am not going to say there is no way this is a girl.

Oh and I am not confusing this with another breed I know it is an Easter Egger. Illa has clearly mentioned that it is birds with 'splotches' of red, but just singular red feathers.

 

[aoxa]

Also found this one of some girls like the OPs bird with red in the wings, but are definitely girls.

 

[smarsh]

generally the color pattern here that looks quailish is a female pattern in EEs, game, etc.

 

[debid]

This is exactly what I was describing. Your example pullet has the same shade of red-brown elsewhere on her body and patterning throughout the wing. The brown-red in her wing is the same as her overall body color. It's also not the vibrant brick red that the boys get.

The OP's bird has hardly any red in the wings at all.
But here is an example of what I mean with dark red in the wing and it still is a pullet

If that is all you are going by to sex the OP's bird, I would say wait a while and see. This is not a 100% no doubt in sight kind of thing. I do think it is more likely that it is a boy then a girl, but I am not going to say there is no way this is a girl.
Oh and I am not confusing this with another breed

I know it is an Easter Egger. Illa has clearly mentioned that it is birds with 'splotches' of red, but just singular red feathers.

 

[Thebirdwisperr]

I would probably say a hen. I have a EE roo and he looked bulkier and he already had that "rooster eye"