I thought this was a pullet ... now, not sure

[Appalachickens]

Red leakage on the shoulders in Easter Eggers almost always indicates a male.

Well none on mine, then.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I’m a complete noob, so take this with a big spoonful of salt - I watched a video about distinguishing hackle feathers and they were saying that with a pullet, the inside bit of the feather can look pointy but actually have a rounded shape. Thats what those hackle feathers look like to me.

Will you follow up here when he crows (or she lays)? I want to know if the video I watched about the pointy inside bits in rounded feathers was just wrong.

Red leakage on the shoulders in Easter Eggers almost always indicates a male.

Okay, I promised pics of a rusty-shouldered female so here she is. Now she initially feathered out all white. But then she got the red shoulders and I thought, aw rats! But the older she got, the more red she got. She now looks IMO, like there's a lot of Salmon Faverolle in her. But, what do I know from SFs? She is one of my Prairie Bluebell Eggers. Her name is Spook!

 

[Appalachickens]

Okay, I promised pics of a rusty-shouldered female so here she is. Now she initially feathered out all white. But then she got the red shoulders and I thought, aw rats! But the older she got, the more red she got. She now looks IMO, like there's a lot of Salmon Faverolle in her. But, what do I know from SFs? She is one of my Prairie Bluebell Eggers. Her name is Spook!

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Good reminder of the wisdom in waiting to see how the chick develops.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

So I guess the lesson to be learned here is, IF an EE develops red leakage on the shoulders, it's a pretty good indication it's a male but not always. And not every EE cockerel will have that, as witness all 9 of my lavender EE cockerels.