What sex are these EEs?

[my2boysteacher]

They are 6 weeks old. There are 4 of them. One buff, one red & brown, two black/white- one is tufted.
#1

#3

#3

#4

#2

#2

#1

#4

#4

 

[Lady of McCamley]

#1 Red, I think is a pullet...small comb, yellow, one row of peas

#2 Partridge color is a pullet...that color is almost always the pullet color, I THINK that is one row of peas (hard to tell in photo)...but that as I said is the pullet color

#3 and #4 Black and Whites look to be roosters as that is typically a rooster color, but more importantly both lack the even pattern of a pullet of that color but seem to be exhibiting the patchwork of male EE's. #3 already has a large comb that appears to have 3 rows of peas, can't tell with the tufted about comb, but the coloration indicates roo to me.

Lady of McCamley

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I am not sure on #1, I am leaning towards pullet. #2 is a pullet. #3 and #4 are cockerels

 

[mshuntjump]

I actually think #4 may be a pullet. Yes, the colors indicate cockerel- especially with this breed. However, that bird looks to be mixed with polish or houdan, so there is really no telling on what the color of a mixed bird might be.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

All Easter Eggers are mixed breeds. EE is not a breed but a hybrid, a mutt, for all of them.

If this is a first generation EE hybrid (meaning true Ameraucana or Araucana on one side and any other true breed on the other side), I find the colorings are usually accurate.

But indeed they are just guidelines as each bird is unique depending upon the hybrid genetics.

Lady of McCamley

 

[my2boysteacher]

These chicks com from Silver Ameraucanas and one Buff EE hens, and a buff Ameraucana roo and one Swedish Flower Roo.

 

[KieksterChicken]

I actually think #4 may be a pullet. Yes, the colors indicate cockerel- especially with this breed. However, that bird looks to be mixed with polish or houdan, so there is really no telling on what the color of a mixed bird might be.

Swedish Flowers come in crested and non-crested so that crest in the birds comes from the OPs Swedish Flower roo not houdan or polish. Swedish Flowers are so speckled, spotted everything every color can the OP's chicks be sexed by color alone as far as the maybe white roo? Very cute little birds. Question: Seeing as they are a northern breed, does anyone know if Swedish Flowers could tolerate a Florida summer. lol.

 

[gander007]

Just a suggestion for taking photos of youngsters I normally wait till the evening so they do not move so much and put them on a roost so you can move around them to get a different angle shots and good close-ups

Nice looking bunch

 

[brandoncakes]

1&2 pullet 3&4 cockeral

 

[my2boysteacher]

Swedish Flowers come in crested and non-crested so that crest in the birds comes from  the OPs Swedish Flower roo not houdan or polish.  Swedish Flowers are so speckled,  spotted everything every color  can  the OP's chicks be sexed by color alone as far as  the maybe white roo? Very cute little birds. Question: Seeing as they are a northern breed, does anyone know if Swedish Flowers could tolerate a Florida summer. lol.

I was wondering that same thing, if being part SFH his colors would be 'off'. The tufted one just started crowing, so I guess we got our answer- roo!
SFH do fine in Florida, as most of the breeders are down that way. I have some eggs in the bator that came from GA, and I know there are breeders in FL....