Possible EE Rooster in the Group

[Indigosands]

Mine wasn't crowing at 10 wks and that is no doubt a roo.

 

[bobbieschicks]

My chicks were born 4/22, so they aren't yet 4 months old.  I picked up 6 of them, all of them Easter Eggers, and at this point, I'm questioning whether all of them are actually females.  One, in particular, has me concerned.  The problem I have is my local ordinance....no roosters!

I don't know when I'll know for sure....I either have to wait for an egg, or some crowing.  Some of my research makes it sound like they should start crowing/laying anywhere between 16-20 weeks, or even later depending on weather (heat) or other factors.  If the crowing starts, then I have to find a new home for my rooster (sad).  Anyone run into this problem where the chicks are not properly sexed and you end up with a rooster?  What did you do?



This is the best picture I have, right now.  Am I just being paranoid, or does this one have the colors and markings of a rooster?

I wouldn't be too quick to get rid of "him" my EE mix with a white leghorn looked that red and large of a comb at 16 weeks. Now she lays a beautiful blue egg.

 

[hdowden]

i'm 95% sure that is a cockerel color and comb both say cockerel

 

[featherz]

It's not the comb we rooster folks are looking at as much as the big red patches on the wing - those mean rooster in easter eggers.. but OP will know soon enough either way.

 

[dukeis111]

what?

 

[smarsh]

sorry, but that is a rooster, i don't care if it never crows. but EEs can be slow to mature.

 

[dukeis111]

Don't listen to smarsh, s/he is a clueless clown.

 

[debid]

There is a lengthy thread on here if you search for it all about sexing EEs by color pattern. If you look through it, you'll soon realize that your juvenile is SCREAMING cockerel with plumage if not with his vocalizations yet. Not even a maybe about it.

 

[Pele]

It's not the comb we rooster folks are looking at as much as the big red patches on the wing - those mean rooster in easter eggers.. but OP will know soon enough either way.

ditto. It has nothing to do with the comb. Hens don't have that coloration. All those reds and crazy blotches of colors are to impress the ladies.

 

[donrae]

There is a lengthy thread on here if you search for it all about sexing EEs by color pattern. If you look through it, you'll soon realize that your juvenile is SCREAMING cockerel with plumage if not with his vocalizations yet. Not even a maybe about it.

This. Even if we couldn't see his head in the pic we would know that is a cockeral. No hen on God's green earth has that color.

Op--by all means keep him until he crows if you wish. But it's a good idea to have a home lined up, esp if you have neighbors who cherish the quiet mornings.