Pretty EE with curly tail hen or roo?

[MIgardengal]

Ok so to preface this I live in city limits and I’m not allowed roosters.

I got 6 “hens” this spring, 3 of which were Easter Eggers. I realize EE are mutts so who knows what their gene pool is. They are all around 2 months old.

The one that is concerning me is the grey and white. Pot pie is a Very pretty EE with big ear muffs. The comb is so hard to tell, but some of the tail feathers have a bit of a curl, and are narrower than my two brown EE. Which makes me wonder....do hens ever have curl to their tail? I also feel like Pot Pie is one of the more dominant of the flock (Buff O, Barred Rock, S.L Wyandotte, and EE). She/He runs toward the others and bobs her/his head up and down like I’m bigger than you.

When will I know for sure if it’s a male/female? When will a rooster start to crow? I’m going to be so sad if it’s a roo Pot Pie is super friendly. And I hate to get rid of any of my flock. Sorry for the blurry pics. It was hard to get them to sit still! First are of Pot Pie...male/female. The others are of my two brown EE I’m sure they are hens.

 

[Gray Farms]

She is a pullet, no worries.

 

[Painted Calls]

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Love the name!

 

[MIgardengal]

Haha my husband named them...chicken pot pie, nugget, dumpling, popcorn, and Alfredo. Tho they are total pets and won’t be ate.

So do some hens just have a curl to their tail feathers?

 

[Gray Farms]

Yes they do. Its actually somewhat common for young pullets to have longer and curved sickle feathers. They tend to molt them out and not regrow them.