Gender?? Pullet or Cockerel

[AshVau22]

This one's got me kinda stumped 9 weeks old. BYM

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Floofy face, so EE.... not typical pullet pattern, so ... cockerel. The red shoulders confirm it for me. Could I be wrong? Sure. Let's see what the others say. Let's start with @The Moonshiner and then go to @JedJackson and go from there.

 

[redinator]

Hmm, that comb looks small for a cockerel but I've had a few blindside me at 12 weeks. @AshVau22 I can see why you're on the fence.

@BigBlueHen53 I thought when the red leakage was isolated to the back, wings, shoulders that meant cockerel, but if the red was more even throughout, then it was female. . . ?

I'm still learning myself so I'm trying to refine my skills.

 

[AinaWGSD]

This one might need a little more time to be certain, but I think pullet. Right now nothing says male to me. Comb is small and pale.

And while Red shoulders is usually a male trait in easter eggers, that telltale red is usually a more rusty, less even color. The red on this bird's shoulders is the same shade as the red on the chest, neck, wings, and tail.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I've been stumped by EE before, so I could be wrong, they can be tricky, but I stand by my call. Females tend to be more subdued in color and even in pattern, and this one is very bold. Still say cockerel but we'll see.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I'm voting pullet just because of these lines down the center of these feathers.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's a new one on me. Thanks, @The Moonshiner .

 

[rural mouse]

That's a new one on me. Thanks, @The Moonshiner .

I was leaning cockerel just like you. It's also a new one for me, and I'm now curious about the results in a few weeks.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I have a black Prairie Bluebell Egger hen with those lines on her feathers, which I'd never seen before. Nice to know they may be diagnostic characteristic.

 

[WhatsUpDuck]

I'm a very much a beginner so don't listen to me I just want to vote pullet! Its tail reminds me so much of my pullets tail feathers. I could be very wrong though