How young can you tell the gender of an EE chick

[nova022]

This is Spice my new little EE chick She is about a week old. Someone said she is a he and I wondered how you would tell at such a young age. The hatchery said she was a pullet, but I know that is not always the case. I would be happy either way so It does not really matter. I just wondered if there was something about this little one that screams cockrel?

 

[bloom_ss]

I couldn't tell with my EEs until they were about 8 weeks old. Even then some you just can't tell until they are a bit older. =)

 

[donrae]

Too young to tell. Sometimes you can tell around 5ish weeks, or as soon as they feather out, depending on the color. Some are harder and you have to wait til 12ish weeks.