EE pullet or cockerel?

[BLaBauve]

I bought this EE from a local feed store. She was sold as a pullet because she bought from a hatchery as "sexed". Anyways today I kept thinking she had tail feathers coming in. She is 4 months old and doesn't crow. I just introduced her to my flock of older hens and she loves to challenge them. I wasn't sure if a cockerel would do that to hens. I need an expert opinion on if she's really a pullet! Thanks

 

[NWchickenLuv]

I had an EE whose comb looked just like that at 4 months...and it turned out to be a rooster...My other EE has a very, very small comb as a hen.

 

[M To The Maxx]

Can you get a close pic of the tail? Those look like pointy saddle feathers. Right now I am saying roo.

 

[Southernbelle]

I would say roo. I think I see the start of pointy hackle and saddle feathers coming in. Feed store chicks typically come from hatcheries and they only guarantee 90% accuracy on sexing. I think he's handsome, though!

 

[technodoll]

hmm the colors look boyish to me... and I swear I can see some saddle feathers starting to grow near the base of the tail... plus the biggish comb for 4 months...

I vote roo

 

[davidb]

I cant tell much by the comb but its colored up like a roo

 

[Happy Chooks]

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I agree. And the colors scream boy.

 

[BLaBauve]

Thanks for all the help! I hope these pictures will help. These were taken with a flash so the colors are slightly different. He makes noises like a hen. . . I guess all the cockerels I had crowed early and I never heard them make many henish sounds.

 

[technodoll]

yep... 100% roo!

Handsome fella, kinda looks like mine (pictured here at around 6 months old - he was sick for a long time so is slow to feather in)

 

[Happy Chooks]

Yup, those saddle feathers are point-y! Boy for sure!