Roo or Hen? HELP! (2 Easter Eggers)

[Coenaculous]

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.
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Yes! I purchased 8 tiny balls of fluff!

the whitish-colored Easter Eggers feathered out earlier, though. I thought it might just be the breeding.

 

[MIChickens84]

Hey all you gracious and wise chicken people. I'm super new and so I've been cruising the pictures and descriptions of hackles and combs and feathers and feet. But, I'm still a little confused on how to really identify the traits. I have four easter eggers-- two black and two white.
I assumed (yep. ) I had hens until one morning our alarm didn't go off and I heard what I *thought* was crowing as I came out the door to let them out super late.

I have a mixed flock, so am having a hard time judging them against one another. Seems that the two white EEs are dominant. And so I started looking more closely.

White & Black: "Fluffy"
White & Golden: "Pearl"

Fluffly sprouted a bit early and is now head chicken of the flock. Has a little darker comb, three-tiered.
They are 11 weeks tomorrow. Is it too early to tell if I got a rooster? or (*gulp*) two?

Both look like pullets to me, your white with brown EE looks very similar to one of mine.

 

[sealer39]

If your hearing crowing, then my vote is that Fluffy is a cockerel. Let us know in a few weeks when it becomes obvious what they turn out to be. It’s really hard for me to tell at this point for certain what they are.

 

[Coenaculous]

Both look like pullets to me, your white with brown EE looks very similar to one of mine.

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Oh, how beautiful! I would love to have Pearl turn out so pretty!

 

[Coenaculous]

If your hearing crowing, then my vote is that Fluffy is a cockerel. Let us know in a few weeks when it becomes obvious what they turn out to be. It’s really hard for me to tell at this point for certain what they are.

Will do! Thanks for your help!!

 

[keesmom]

Fluffy is a cockerel.

 

[Coenaculous]

Fluffy is a cockerel.

Thanks for your help!! Though, I'd love to know how you all are seeing it. Can you point to anything specifically that you think "gave it away" to you? I really do want to learn!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

If your hearing crowing, then my vote is that Fluffy is a cockerel. Let us know in a few weeks when it becomes obvious what they turn out to be. It’s really hard for me to tell at this point for certain what they are.

x2. I say boy for Fluffy.

 

[BabasCoop]

the lack of wattles made me decide on pullets.

Easter eggers do not often have waddles. Or they are very small

 

[HBRRanchCO]

If one is a boy it is Fluffy. To me looks like Fluffy’s comb is more red than the other’s, and the tail feathers look more pointy than the other’s, but I sure couldn’t say definitively! I love EEs and their fluffy cheeks!