Pullet or Cockeral?

[BantamLover21]

The black one looks like a rooster to me (really red comb for this age), but the brownish one looks like a pullet.

 

[fshinggrl]

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The black one looks like a rooster to me (really red comb for this age), but the brownish one looks like a pullet.

I tend to agree with you.. hence my post! Yikes! I do love having a rooster around... as long as he behaves! It's just one less green/blue egg layer. I guess time will tell!

 

[fshinggrl]

Ok, So I am 99% sure the black "Bella" is actually Bob. This one is still bothering me. Every bone in my body is telling me it is a cockerel. I just don't want it to be. I've had hens this color, but I'm still questioning it. I've NEVER had this bad of luck with a bunch of ordered chicks. Out of 4 chicks, 1 of them is a roo and another one is VERY questionable! Yikes!
Can you please give me another glance and opinion?! 8 weeks old approximately

 

[fshinggrl]

So, yes, they are both cockerels. The black one is the dominant one and hubby said he was attempting to crow this morning. I think they are about 13 weeks.

 

[fshinggrl]

Ha! The red one was laughing at me today by crowing!

 

[Ashley3]

any guesses?

 

[BantamLover21]

any guesses?

What do you want to know (breed, gender, etc.)? From what I can see, it looks like you have a bunch of Easter Egger pullets.

 

[Ashley3]

I wanted to know the breed and sex. how do you tell the difference in easter eggers? Especially the white one.

 

[keesmom]

I wanted to know the breed and sex. how do you tell the difference in easter eggers? Especially the white one.

We need a better picture of the white one. Comb and side picture. That color pattern is often seen with EE cockerels.

 

[BantamLover21]

I wanted to know the breed and sex. how do you tell the difference in easter eggers? Especially the white one.

You can sex Easter Eggers mostly the same way you do with any chicken: look for a larger, redder comb, pointed saddle or hackle feathers, patchier coloring, thicker legs, and signs that it is crowing. It is hard to tell the gender of all of your birds with the photo you provided. Side profile photos of all of them, especially the white one, would help.