Roo or Hen? HELP! (2 Easter Eggers)

[chickenE]

I think Pearl is a pullet and Fluffy is cockerel. Fluffy’s comb looks wide and red. Gorgeous birds!

Following thread - would love updates.

 

[Coenaculous]

the lack of wattles made me decide on pullets.

Oh, that's great! I thought wattles were absent in EE in general. Good to know I should keep an eye out for them in Roos!

 

[Coenaculous]

I think Pearl is a pullet and Fluffy is cockerel. Fluffy’s comb looks wide and red. Gorgeous birds!

Following thread - would love updates.

Thanks! I'll be sure to keep posting pics!

 

[Coenaculous]

Crowing hens are pretty rare, and really only occur in mature hens, not pullets. Pullets will be loud from time to time, depending on lots of factors, but won't crow.

I agree with @Acre4Me, I think Pearl is a pullet. Not sure about Fluffy. Seems to have a pretty red comb and thick legs, but not sure about the feathers quite yet.

Gotcha. That's a really helpful distinction in ID'ing crowing habits! Though...my confidence in defining the noise coming from my coop is very low.

Thanks for your help!!

 

[Mamatomany123]

the lack of wattles made me decide on pullets.

EEs dont have wattles.

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

really? i didn't know that

 

[sealer39]

Are you sure on the age? That comb on the white and black one is screaming cockerel but at 11 weeks there should be more male patterning on the feathers. To me, they both look like younger cockerels or pullets at point of lay which would be starting at around 15 weeks.

 

[Coenaculous]

Gotcha. That's a really helpful distinction in ID'ing crowing habits! Though...my confidence in defining the noise coming from my coop is very low.

Thanks for your help!!

I took a close up pic of the feathering around the neck. I had read that some feathers are rounded and some pointed. Can you tell the difference in feathering here?

 

[Coenaculous]

Are you sure on the age? That comb on the white and black one is screaming cockerel but at 11 weeks there should be more male patterning on the feathers. To me, they both look like younger cockerels or pullets at point of lay which would be starting at around 15 weeks.

Well, hmm. It's possible they are older than I thought. I did purchase them at the farm store, so could they be leftovers from previous weeks?

So, that could make them older, but not younger than 11 weeks. We got them from the feed store 3/7/20 (And I assumed they were 3 day-old chicks, so have been counting from that day: 3/4/20).

Is this right?

 

[sealer39]

Retailers would get them from the hatcheries at that age. They would be little fluff balls if you got them at three days old though. Did they already have feathers or did they look like this? This EE is less than a week old.