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1. Small comb, looks like pullet right now 2. Comb is pretty wide & red for the age, leaning cockerel. Lots of white in the pattern, usually means boy. 3. Comb also pretty red for the age, assuming cockerel 4. Color and comb looks like pullet to me 5. Part silkie so this one may need longer...

Where did you get him? May just be a mixed breed, he is very gorgeous!

Both appear to be pullets currently to me

Definitely seems to be the color of Welsummers, however I'd expect the chicks to be darker hmm... It'll definitely be easier to tell for sure once they're older!

Most common with that color is Sussex, and the comb at that age makes me unfortunately think too :(

Thank you for the response! I'll pass it off to the family and we'll keep our fingers crossed. Definitely no breeding, no roosters for us unfortunately with the current neighbors we have being not big fans of chickens as it is.

Ah yes we're aware! It's our first time ever having a self blue and we're very excited that she is a little lady! Bummer that the crele turned out to be a cockerel though :(

Might just be something like a buff orpington, do you have any more photos? Usually OE & EE at feedstores are bred to have beards

Where did you get her?

4 & 6 look like pullets, however the rest look like cockerels to me. The colors on 3 & 5 are what make me think cockerel, the other two it's the combs

Unfortunately looks to be a cockerel :( Wattles & comb are fairly big for that age and pretty red

Comb & wattles look small and pink, I'd say pullet :)

Most feedstores will breed EE to look a certain way, these guys do not fit that description (ie, no beards). White EE's are also not super common unless backyard bred in my experience. The one circled in red does appear to have a more pronounced comb & wattles and may be a cockerel. As far as to...

Looks like a cockerel/roo! I'm rusty on chicken genetics, and Easter Eggers have a wild mixed bag of genetics, but in just casual conversation it wouldn't be wildly incorrect to say "Columbian" colored, as it's similar in it's expression! As far as like plugging him into a genetics calculator...

We got Rudie (Rudy the Ruby Red Rooster originally, but we changed it to Rudie in crossing fingers for a girl) from a feedstore "Assorted Bantams" bin, straight comb, yellow legs, dark red feathers, I am assuming bantam RIR/Rhode Island as other options seemed too exotic for WilCo to stock...