4 week old olive Egger

First family chicken

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Apr 21, 2025
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I was wondering what I should be looking out for as he/she gets older to guess gender.
Olive feathered out the same time as her friend Ducky(splash Marans), who I’m pretty confident is going to be a pullet, and feet/legs are same size as Ducky’s. But that comb is pretty pink.
 

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Oof, this is tough. I'm guessing cockerel at the moment, but it's a close call. Normally, that comb wouldn't tip me over the line, but the dark hackles make me think it's a boy. Blue (this gray color) cockerels and roosters tend to have darker hackle and saddle feathers, like this:
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Please do update, as it really could go either way. I'm still going back and forth right this moment. lol.
 

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