Roo or hen, 2EE's and a RIR

[LuckyFarrell]

We have 3 in question they are around six weeks now, not sure of the exact hatch date. Pretty sure we know the answer, but wanted to double check before we re homed them.

1st is red

2nd is Rooster (we had our suspicions early)

3rd is Bessie

Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[sherrydeanne]

I think all 3 are roo's.

 

[Goose and Fig]

Yes- the Red is a roo. See all the color in the tail? I don't know enough about EE's to guess on the others.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

1 = roo
the other two, I wouldn't jump to conclusions too quickly, but I'd guess the 3rd one is a roo, and the other one isn't...the comb color is very different in the two, and the 3rd one has more of a roo tail than the 2nd one...

 

[Chicks R Friends NOT Food]

i think Bessie and Rooster might need to trade names.

 

[19hhbelgian]

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Agreed... EE's can be tricky because of that small pea comb. My Maybel who is some where around 3.5 months still has basically no comb, and it is just starting to get slightly pinkish. I had one other who's comb got red pretty quickly. He was definitely a boy... Red also looks like a roo to me.

 

[chickenbottom]

my ee/ ameraucana is 6 months and 8 days old and has a tiny comb and its not even pink its more of a brownish/pink i think that its too soon to tell on the middle one

 

[Chris09]

Your Production red is a young Rooster..

Chri

 

[LuckyFarrell]

Thanks for your help everybody, I guess I'll hold on to#2 for now. DW is pretty upset she really took a liking to Red, anybody looking for a couple of roos?

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

oh no! my red looks just like yours!!!