Roo or Noo? Vote! EE and OE (Cross post)

[julskinka]

I posted this in the “raising chicks forum” before I realized there was a whole forum dedicated to sexing!

Please vote on my other post to tell me what you think these 10-week Olive egger and Easter Egger are:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/roo-or-noo-vote.1258296/#post-20190858

Umberto

Beetle:

Thanks!

 

[aglandaetap]

Beetle is a pullet for sure. Umberto - not sure yet.

 

[starrmar006]

It looks like Umberto is a rooster

 

[julskinka]

Thanks guys! I feel much more confident about beetle now. Umberto is hard because Easter Eggers are hard, I guess. Plus it’s white! I’ve seen all of the following in my other EEs so it’s like no one trait necessarily help here:

My last easter egger hen, although purchased sexed from a nursery and not hatched, also threw us for a loop because she had very upright posture and pointy tail feathers. But she was a girl.

There’s no patterning to look at that says definitely boy (patchiness or red shoulders, both of which are abundant on the other EE chick I have right now). However, *that* guy has no comb development at all at 11 weeks!

My blue sex-linked EE roos showed very prominent comb development several weeks ago, so although Umberto’s is quite pink, it doesn’t match up to the others in growth or colour. Plus *they* have hen-like tail feathers, which is probably was what making me worried about Beetle.

 

[ChickyPants]

Beetle is for sure a girl and Umberto is one of those annoying easter eggers where one day you're sure its a boy then the next its definitely a girl oh no wait, now I think its a boy, etc etc until one day it crows or lays an egg and you can finally breathe a big sigh of relief that at least now you know.

I want to follow this thread so I can see how Umberto turns out. I'm leaning towards rooster but I had one with similar colouring that I was sure was a rooster until right before it laid me an egg.

 

[julskinka]

Umberto says hello.

 

[ChickyPants]

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Umberto says hello.

Hey Buddy hows it going

 

[julskinka]

Hey Buddy hows it going

Bok bok.

 

[julskinka]

Umberto’s 12 week update photos. Funnily, ze normally stands in a much flatter orientation, but when I come around with the camera, it perks up. And the hackle feathers are interesting ... they have a grey point, but are outlined by a white, lacey round bit that’s hard to see when you’re not up close.
At this point I’m leaning cockerel but still hoping she’s just a devious minx. All of my other EEs are GLARINGLY male.

 

[julskinka]

I want to follow this thread so I can see how Umberto turns out. I'm leaning towards rooster but I had one with similar colouring that I was sure was a rooster until right before it laid me an egg.

Grrrr I found male hackle and saddle feathers. How could you, Umberto?!?!