Pullet or Roo?

[Andora]

I have 4 pullets, 2 roos, and this chick:

The chick is a Brahma/Easter Egger cross. I think it's about 3 months old, I forgot when I hatched them!


Reasons it could be a roo:

-Head/neck feathers are darkening and glossy.
-Tail feathers are droopy rather than straight like a pullet tail.
-Haven't noticed that it has thick legs or any pointy saddle feathers.


Reasons it could be a pullet:

-Half Easter Egger, sometimes my EE pullets have droopy tails like that as chicks.
-Comb isn't especially red or large, doesn't look nearly as red as the other 2 roos in the bunch.
-Tail feathers aren't green tinted like the black tail feathers on the other two roos.


What do you think?? At this point I guess I'm just waiting for it to crow or lay an egg!

For comparison, this is one of the roosters of the same mix and same age:

And this is a pullet of the same mix and age:

 

[DTchickens]

It's a pullet.

 

[RAREROO]

I say it's pullet, I have a couple EE pullets that look just like her.

I wouldn't have even known she was a cross if I hadn't saw the face of that roo and the feathers on the feet of the other pullet. She lools like a pure EE. lol

 

[BarkerChickens]

My first thought is pullet, but those saddle feathers look awfully suspicious. They look a bit pointed like roo saddle feathers, but it could just be the angle of her pose.

 

[animal_lover03]

I agree, a pullet.

 

[aussieheelr]

agree pullet

 

[ve]

Agree pullet

 

[fordmommy]

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I agree. And EE's are tricky. You may have to wait until they lay eggs.

Sorry to be no help.

 

[Andora]

I'm really hoping for pullet! I was just out there staring at it intently and I kept thinking, "Yeah it looks like a pullet!" Then it would turn another way and I'd think, "Well maybe not."

I am only leaning towards pullet because the other two roosters are all boy, there's no doubt that they are roos now. I'm not sure this mystery chick could be *that* slow developing, could it?

 

[WhitehartRabbitry]

I have 2 5 mo old EE roos- I thought they were pullets until just recently- they developed red, pointy saddle feathers.

They were sold to me as pullets.