What gender is my chicken?

[Nina Zeyen]

ok, so about 3 weeks ago I bought 3 new chicks. One of them is a wellsummer and two of them are Easter eggers. But recently we are having concerns that one of my Easter egger’s is a rooster. She/he is about 3 and a half weeks old. The one on the left is the one we’re concerned about and the one on the left is his/her sister.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

The welsummer is a pullet, the other you will have to wait a few more weeks. 8-12 weeks is best.

 

[Nina Zeyen]

The ones in the pictures are both of my Easter eggers. I kept the welsummer out to show how different the two of them look even though they’re the same breed.

The welsummer is a pullet, the other you will have to wait a few more weeks. 8-12 weeks is best.

 

[farmmanjim]

Easiest way to tell is rooster develop larger Combs and waddles than hens and much much quicker. Roosters also tend to have much larger leggs. If the Combs and waddles all are the same size uyou just have a faster growing hen usually.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

Welsummer looks like a pullet, cockerels and pullets of this breed have different feather patterns.

 

[Nina Zeyen]

Easiest way to tell is rooster develop larger Combs and waddles than hens and much much quicker. Roosters also tend to have much larger leggs. If the Combs and waddles all are the same size uyou just have a faster growing hen usually.

Yes, definitely does have a larger comb and we noticed that it also has larger feet. Also, the Easter egger were concerned about, it has orange/yellow legs but on our other Easter egger, (the other one in the photo) she has more of a grayish blue legs. Is this any kind of sign?

 

[farmmanjim]

That I don't know