Stumped! Is this an EE ?

[Poulet des Bois]

This little one has been specked & feathered gray & white since it came home 4/20/14 from TSC unexpectedly via my Grandaughter . I'm thinking its 6&1/2 weeks old Any ideas would be helpful.

 

[Basskids08]

Yes he is an EE and he is a cockerel!

 

[Cyan Night]

Yep, EE cockerel

 

[Poulet des Bois]

Thanks. Ok, so what says "cockerel" on it/him??

 

[andreanar]

I'm pretty new here, but I figured cockeral by really red comb and the rusty color on his shoulders.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Thanks. Ok, so what says "cockerel" on it/him??

The big, red comb is one indicator, but the color pattern is the real give-away here. Only cockerels get that "patchy" color pattern with the red shoulders. Pullets are a more all-over color pattern, maybe with a different color feather on the hackles, but never a different color on the shoulders.

Here are some more EE boys, just so you can get your eye used to seeing the male color pattern.

 

[BantamLover21]

Looks like a pretty Easter Egger cockerel!

 

[Poulet des Bois]

Lovely birds thank you.
I read here somewhere that EE females get red in their comb early. Ever heard that?
So will this gray bird turn brown like yours?

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Lovely birds thank you.
I read here somewhere that EE females get red in their comb early. Ever heard that?
So will this gray bird turn brown like yours?

No, it's actually the opposite. EEs are notoriously difficult to sex by comb because both males and females get color in their comb LATE. That's why so many people have such trouble sexing young EEs--really you have to do it by color and ignore the combs. I've had EE cockerels not get red combs until they were 12 weeks old. I'm not sure if you can tell, but in one of the photos above you can see the comb on one of the youngsters and it has no red at all, despite the clear signs of it being a male by color.

Just so you know, I put all the chicks IDed as male in the photos above in my meat pen that year, so I had them around until 24 weeks. They were all indeed cockerels.

I think your bird will be gray/white with red shoulders, but cockerels especially change color a lot from this age to adulthood.

 

[Poulet des Bois]

Little guy crowed today! Indeed a little Roo . Nice temperament& prettier all the time. Come to find out he's a Bantam EE ROO!
Can't keep him, but I will till someone comes along n buys him.
Thanks for the help.l