EE Roo (Maybe) UPDATE- PICS AND VIDEO ADDED

[Southern28Chick]

I have a pullet named "Turkey". I have 4 other EE pullets as well. I think Turkey may be a roo. She'll be 9 weeks old on Monday. She's had slow feather growth, she has thick legs, and shorter tail feathers than the other girls and she has a comb that I can only describe as being a "cluster" but it's not red. The other girls have a small "cluster" but Turkey's is bigger. I know that EE's are probably harder to sex then other breeds and she has me stumped!

Any thoughts?

 

[speckledhen]

I don't have EEs, but these are close enough. With my Ameraucanas, I could not tell by the tails or the legs. You're right, these can be a little tougher to sex. For comparison, here are two of my Blue Ameraucanas, the pullet, Charlotte, and one of the cockerels, who happened to find a new home today. Hope you can see Charlotte's comb here-she does NOT like to pose. The roos have the three rows of "peas" raised up and the girls have just the middle ridge for a long time. My pullets' combs are just now at over 10 weeks beginning to pinken a little.

 

[Southern28Chick]

speckledhen,
When did the cockerel's comb start to turn pink/red? Turkey has a cluster as a comb and the others don't seem to have as much as a cluster as Turkey. I would go look at it now to take a picture or explain better what it looks like but the babies are sleeping.

Edited to add:
Turkey just started growing her "beard" this week, I don't know if that has anything to do with anything.

 

[speckledhen]

It was quite early on that particular cockerel, but on the black one I kept for breeding, it was thick, but did not turn pink for a couple of weeks after the blue boy's did. Here are both boys at the same age, I think maybe four or five weeks old, not sure, and last, the the pullet, same age:

The beard doesn't really mean much-the black one just now is getting one, but the blue boy has had a nice thick one from very early.

 

[Southern28Chick]

Thanks, That helps. I'll try to post a picture of her/him tomorrow.

 

[aran]

southern im sure this is an obvious answer that is just evading me but ill ask anyway...how does a chicken end up being called turkey?

 

[Southern28Chick]

Aran,
The main reason I named her Turkey was because he/she would come up to me and peck at my wedding ring, toes, face...well she'd peck at anything on my body if I let her/him. I would say "you turkey, stop pecking me!" My momma calls everything that's annoying a turkey so turkey just seemed like a good name since I was calling her a turkey all the time anyway. It is wierd how some animals are named.

 

[Southern28Chick]

Ok from the pictures that speckledhen posted of her EE's comb I'm really thinking Turkey is a boy. He/she acts like a pullet though. When my adult roo finds a bug and calls the girls over, Turkey usually tries to get the bug just like the other girls. Maybe it's just because he/she is young.

Here's a picture of a pullet named Hottie:
Before anyone asks, her name is Hottie because she is always panting. It must be that huge beard she's rockin.

Here's Turkey:
Picture is kinda blurry because no matter what I do this chick will not hold still.

I'll add videos when they finish uploading.

 

[Southern28Chick]

Here's the videos.

The first one is some of the pullets with just a tease of Turkey in the end. The second one is all Turkey but the battery in the camera died. That's why you hear me say "OH CRAP".


http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w236/southern28chick/?action=view&current=turkeymovie.flv


http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w236/southern28chick/?action=view&current=turkeymovie2.flv

 

[speckledhen]

Gee, it's still hard to say definitely. It does have a slightly boyish look to the comb, but still...I wouldn't call Turkey a rooster just yet. I've looked at your video and picture till I was crosseyed and I still am not sure.