My turn to ask?

[Imp]

My 3 new chickens are now 3 months old. All is going well, except integration. But I'm not sure if one may be a roo. I have never had a roo, so I'm unsure. Here are the pictures:
Any help will be appreciated.
Bird in question is an EE.

Here's my other EE. I believe it is a she. They are the same age, same size & color comb, same legs, virtually identical except for the tail.

And just for fun. Here's my sicilian buttercup. I also believe it is a she.

Thank you,

Imp

 

[N&MSchroeder]

I can't tell the redness of the comb because of the flash in your first picture. Usually, an EE rooster's pea comb will have 3 equally raised rows. Females will have a raised center row with smaller rows on each side.

Your other chicks look like pullets.

 

[AccentOnHakes]

Even though that color is more common in pullets, I'm going to say ROO. The comb doesn't appear that red, but there is a very looong tail feather, and I think I'm seeing saddle feathers. Also, the two EE's have very different tail shapes; the second one is a pullet for sure.

 

[ranchhand]

Dang. I am in doubt on the EEs, all of mine have been pretty slow to declare themselves. I "think" I see saddle and hackle feathers developing on both EEs. The second might be a pullet, but "she" does make it a bit iffy.

Are you going to murderate me if I tell you I think they're both EE cockerals? The pretty Buttercup is really not clear to me, I've never raised them.

Final Answer: Cockeral, cockeral, pullet. (sue me later.)

 

[Imp]

N&MSchroeder :

I can't tell the redness of the comb because of the flash in your first picture. Usually, an EE rooster's pea comb will have 3 equally raised rows. Females will have a raised center row with smaller rows on each side.

Your other chicks look like pullets.

Thank you. I just ran out and checked the combs. They are a little different, but both have a higher raised center. The pullet's is more bumpy, and the one in question is smoother.

Imp​

 

[gritsar]

Congrats Imp. You have your first roo!

ETA: The second might be a pullet, but "she" does make it a bit iffy.
What Ranchy said is true as well.

 

[Jferlisi]

I'm with ranch on this one. The EE's are Cockerels and buttercup is a pullet.
ETS: both of my EE's look like they have saddle feathers but there's are wider. Yours are both thinner.

 

[Imp]

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Yeah that tail feather worried me when it showed up.

Thanks

Imp

 

[Imp]

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No muderating or sueing. Will just ship them to Gritty.

Imp

 

[gritsar]

Combs can lie, saddle feathers rarely do. Base it on comb alone and you'll be wrong about 50% of the time.