EE's and Barred Rock EE's (Girls or Boys?)

nyice

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Jun 20, 2009
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They are about 5 weeks old. I just thought I would ask if anyone had a guess on Gender. I know its a little too early to tell for sure. I would just love to hear your guess.

#1 EE
Daphne
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#2 EE
Lucy
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#3 EE
Betty
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#4 Barred Rock EE Mix
Josie
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#5 Barred Rock EE Mix
Georgia
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I was most worried about Georgia being a George. She started to get a pinkish comb the beginning of this week. I am hoping because she is three days ahead of the rest that she is just more mature. I don't know how long I can lie to myself though
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For the EEs, I'd say pullet/roo/roo.
I'm certainly not an expert, but have been obsessed with figuring out what my now 9wo EEs were. Funniest part it, the one we named Georgia turned out to be a roo...George it was!
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Obviously Georgia is not a good chicken name!!!

Anyway....my reasoning is based solely on comb. My pullet still barely has one at 9 weeks and the comb on your 2nd seems a bit too "there" to be a pullet at this age--but that's also the fun of EEs, they are mutts and can keep you guessing!
For mine, it became more and more distinct between 5 and 6 weeks. I posted on here at 5w and got 50/50 but by 7w it was 100% no-brainer roo.

As for the others, I'm trying to figure out my 4 week old Partridge Rock and am finding that the Rocks seem to develop a comb pretty quickly--1 person posted a pic and her 4.5weeker Barred Rock boys had pink combs and some wattles starting to show. The girls definitely had combs but were still yellow, and no wattles at that age. Not sure how that would show up with a cross like yours but i'm thinking it makes it that much harder to tell early on.
 

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