Would love help IDing the sex of these two chickens!

[ashleyd]

Both of these guys/gals were born near the beginning of April, so they're about 12 weeks old now. I received them from my friend who has a variety of breeds, and there's no way to tell who their parents are! The light brown one is a bantam variety, but I'm not at all sure what the heritage of the standard black one is.

#1 Bantam


And full body shot (almost...)


#2 Standard (It was eating yogurt, so that's the stuff on its face )


And here you can see the iridescence of its tail feathers, which has me especially worried it's a boy:



Thanks to all of you!

 

[hdowden]

both are ee cockerels

 

[willowbranchfarm]

both are ee cockerels

x2

 

[ashleyd]

Oh, drats! Really? Not even a small chance that the bantam is a pullet?

 

[hdowden]

no chance sorry pullets dont get those deep red/mahogany patches on the wings like that

 

[callahanfarmgirl]

I have a pretty pullet just like #1. She lays a pretty bluish egg & is now the proud mom of 4 chicks!!!! I would wait & see. Because EE are a mixed breed, sexing by color is NOT a 100%

 

[ashleyd]

Thanks for the advice, callahanfarmgirl. But, unfortunately, my bantam is certainly a cockerel - he crowed right in front of me this morning. Thankfully my friend was willing to take him back.

 

[hdowden]

I have a pretty pullet just like #1. She lays a pretty bluish egg & is now the proud mom of 4 chicks!!!! I would wait & see. Because EE are a mixed breed, sexing by color is NOT a 100%

i would like to see this one please as pullets dont get that deep dark red on the wings

 

[donrae]

I agree, I would like to see a pic. I'm betting it's not "just like", but the partridge-ish ee pullet color without the dark wings.