Gold sex-linked... rooster?

[casprl]

Hi all,
We purchased three gold sex-linked chicks from our local Feed and Seed back in April. As they grew, I suspected one was a rooster (now named Rhubarb) due to his feather coloring, and thought my suspicions were confirmed due to "his" bigger comb and wattle. He also has a slightly different crowing than his sex-linked sisters, and he will run up to me and do the submissive squatting. Is he just a really gentle, submissive rooster, or is "he" perhaps really a "she"? I have found a few tiny brown eggs that are definitely from the younger ladies (we have a few older Easter Eggers who lay blue eggs), but I cannot be sure who from the sex-linked actually laid them.

I have pictures of Rhubarb attached (with his Easter Egger sister next to him). The first picture is him squatting and getting some scratches. The last one has his sex-linked sisters in it as well as a comparison of their feather coloring (the two reds).

Any insight or thoughts appreciated!

 

[Gray Farms]

Its a pullet. Red Sexlink males are white or white with red wing bars. You've got a pullet nearing laying there. Also by this age a cockerel would have obvious male specific saddle feathers.

 

[21hens-incharge]

That is a very pretty female.

A male would be crowing not squatting. A male would also be predominantly white with red patches on the shoulders. That lady is very evenly colored and 100% female.

 

[casprl]

Awesome, thanks! I am only about a year into raising chickens and we have only had Easter Eggers thus far, so am learning lots about new breeds/characteristics. I appreciate your quick responses!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Hi all,
We purchased three gold sex-linked chicks from our local Feed and Seed back in April. As they grew, I suspected one was a rooster (now named Rhubarb) due to his feather coloring, and thought my suspicions were confirmed due to "his" bigger comb and wattle. He also has a slightly different crowing than his sex-linked sisters, and he will run up to me and do the submissive squatting. Is he just a really gentle, submissive rooster, or is "he" perhaps really a "she"? I have found a few tiny brown eggs that are definitely from the younger ladies (we have a few older Easter Eggers who lay blue eggs), but I cannot be sure who from the sex-linked actually laid them.

I have pictures of Rhubarb attached (with his Easter Egger sister next to him). The first picture is him squatting and getting some scratches. The last one has his sex-linked sisters in it as well as a comparison of their feather coloring (the two reds).

Any insight or thoughts appreciated!
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It isn’t submissive squatting, it is squatting to let a rooster mount them.
Shes a girl, very close to lay.

 

[Sammi_0411]

If squatting its a pullet getting ready to lay i can see why you confused looking at her but their combs and wattles become more prominent when they at point of lay hope this helps