Olive Egger Male?

[janiedoe]

Olive egger, 10 weeks old. I can't tell if the tail is just tattered or if he is a cockrel.
In the last 2 pics he is on the left/sister on the right.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

It looks like a pullet so far. The lavender gene and the "shredder" gene are closely linked, so if you're getting your birds from someone who doesn't outcross with black birds everyone and a while, you'll have that problem with feather quality. I believe there are some well established lavender lines of some breeds that have bred this negative trait out too. (I am no genetics expert, this is how I understand it at least.)

 

[janiedoe]

It looks like a pullet so far. The lavender gene and the "shredder" gene are closely linked, so if you're getting your birds from someone who doesn't outcross with black birds everyone and a while, you'll have that problem with feather quality. I believe there are some well established lavender lines of some breeds that have bred this negative trait out too. (I am no genetics expert, this is how I understand it at least.)

He/she is actually just a backyard mix. His parents are both blue but his heritage is a mess of colors and breeds (bbs orp, bbs ameraucana, & glw).
Rooster is a blue ee & mom is a blue olive egger. This one & the sister are my 3rd generation mess. Lol.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

He/she is actually just a backyard mix. His parents are both blue but his heritage is a mess of colors and breeds (bbs orp, bbs ameraucana, & glw).
Rooster is a blue ee & mom is a blue olive egger. This one & the sister are my 3rd generation mess. Lol.

That's very interesting! It really looks lavender! Maybe it's just splash then. Still very interesting to get that nice, pastel color!

 

[janiedoe]

That's very interesting! It really looks lavender! Maybe it's just splash then. Still very interesting to get that nice, pastel color!

They do look like lavender. I expected them to darken with age but so far they've kept the color.

 

[The Happster]

Definitely looking like a girl!
She's really pretty, as is her sister.

 

[janiedoe]

I noticed today that he has a 3 row comb..

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

In my experience with pea combs, I wouldn't worry about the rows. Color seems to be the most important. Is the comb red in real life?

 

[The Happster]

Still looks like a girl.

 

[Trisseh]

Size of the comb and color is more important than the number of rows. Pullets also wind up with 3 rows, and it seems variable on when this shows up. Looks like a pullet so far to me too. At this age I would expect more height and general size on the comb (and more color!) if it were a cockerel...