How reliable a gender indicator is redness of peacomb in Easter Eggers?

[bayareapilot]

I have four Easter eggers who turn 8 weeks old tomorrow. I was just wondering how accurate peacomb redness is in determining gender?

Two of my Easter eggers are basically kind of white and they have no pink/red coloration at all in their peacomb. I have another that is kind of black with some highlights and that one has some redness in their peacomb. The chick I'm wondering about has a redder peacomb than the black one. Kind of hard to describe the color of the chick I'm wondering about. It almost kind of looks like the coloration you would see with a hawk. In fact it looks kind of like a little hawk. It does seem more dominant than the others. But then again when I recall my nearly 10 year old hens when they were chicks I recall there was one that was dominant too and of course all three of those turned out to be female.

As I mentioned before I got the four Chicks as part of a sexed run. I know that's no guarantee although my other Easter egger hens were 100% pullet.

so I guess I'm back to my original question is does the level of redness of the pea comb positively indicate gender?

 

[featherhead007]

here he is full grown!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

UPDATE: Well, my Easter Egger chicks (sold as the mercurial 'Americaunas' <grin>) turned 10 weeks and 1 day old today. Norman is definitely a cockerel. With Sandy (thankfully a name that can go either gender) I am now more leaning toward the idea that she is a pullet (hopefully others agree with me). Her comb doesn't have the deep red and three rows that Norman (formerly 'Nancy' ) has. My two other white (mostly) chicks are most definitely pullets.

Sure would be great if it worked out that Sandy is a pullet - that would eventually give me three hens and a rooster (my second flock). BTW, my nearly 10 year old hens are still doing well (less the one I lost in November to a hawk attack ).

I'll attach some pics that I took today of Norman (definitely the cockerel) and Sandy who I'm on the fence but leaning a bit now more towards Sandy being a pullet.

Those are both cockerels. They both have the rusty red wing bars, which is male exclusive. You can judge the redness of the comb on one, but both won't usually go red early. The more dominant of the two will get a red comb, but the subordinate won't.
I have absolutely no doubt that those are both cockerels.

 

[featherhead007]

show pictures! I'm good at this!

 

[BantyChooks]

Here it goes... just took these pics... hoping for the best

Hard to tell, but I'm thinking male.

 

[aart]

But I'm open to any ideas/tricks to make the 'move' easier for the cockerels?

Do it after dark...they are much easier to 'catch' off the roost then

 

[ChickNanny13]

Pictures would help ... I watch & compare color of comb/wattle plus the pea rows. Saddle & hackle feathering don't really start until about 12wks = Cockerel

 

[bayareapilot]

show pictures! I'm good at this!

I had thought of taking a picture of the chick I was wondering about, only slightly hesitant because I was afraid of the answer

 

[featherhead007]

I had thought of taking a picture of the chick I was wondering about, only slightly hesitant because I was afraid of the answer

We all are, sometimes

 

[featherhead007]

My avatar was supposed to be a pullet, BUT NO!!!!!!