BackYard Chickens › BYC Forum › Chicken Breeds › What Breed Or Gender is This? › 9-wk Easter Egger - pullet or rooster?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

9-wk Easter Egger - pullet or rooster? - Page 2

post #11 of 19
5/18/11 at 6:05am

Pretty Pullet. Like they said those saddle feathers arent pointy.

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
2 EE's, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Cochins, 2 Polish, & 2 Polish/Barred Rock!
Reply
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
2 EE's, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Cochins, 2 Polish, & 2 Polish/Barred Rock!
Reply

Featured Stories on BackYard Chickens

BackYard Chickens Starter Kit Price Guide
Have you ever wondered how a hen can lay an egg every day?
Uncle Sam Expects You To Keep Hens and Raise Chickens!!
post #12 of 19
5/18/11 at 6:34am

It's a pullet.

Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

Reply

Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

Reply
post #13 of 19
5/18/11 at 7:45am

I agree with everyone else.  She does not look like a roo to me.  Her feather patterns are very hen-ish.

Living in the Sierras, raising chickens, groovin' on alpacas, growing food, loving my fabulous husband, and closer than ever to living my ideal dream!

Reply

Living in the Sierras, raising chickens, groovin' on alpacas, growing food, loving my fabulous husband, and closer than ever to living my ideal dream!

Reply
post #14 of 19
5/18/11 at 8:01am

Hen

Reply
Reply
post #15 of 19
5/18/11 at 8:48am

little lady  smile

"a well  balanced person has a chicken on each shoulder"
WWCD? =  What would chickens do?
Hubby brings home the bacon, but my girls and I put the eggs on the table!!
LOVE my LB roo- favorite of the flock.
Reply
"a well  balanced person has a chicken on each shoulder"
WWCD? =  What would chickens do?
Hubby brings home the bacon, but my girls and I put the eggs on the table!!
LOVE my LB roo- favorite of the flock.
Reply
post #16 of 19
5/18/11 at 9:19am

I'm new to this so I haven't really known what rooster saddle feathers looked like till now. My BR just started his At 11 weeks they and short skinny "baby feathers" growing from his back and they are so shiny in the sun they look like they are coated in clear plastic. It's my understanding the saddle feathers will get long but stay skinny and shiny.

I have 1 Barred Rock, 1 Partridge Rock, 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 Dark Cornish, 2 Silver Pencil Rocks, 2 Buff Brahmas, 3 Cinnamon Queens, 14 Easter Eggers, and 20-something eggs in the incubator.

 

Reply

I have 1 Barred Rock, 1 Partridge Rock, 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 Dark Cornish, 2 Silver Pencil Rocks, 2 Buff Brahmas, 3 Cinnamon Queens, 14 Easter Eggers, and 20-something eggs in the incubator.

 

Reply
post #17 of 19
5/18/11 at 10:21am
Thread Starter 

Thanks for your replies everyone, especially for the photos of the "roosterish" hens on the first page - wow that polish is gorgeous!  I'd gladly take more input, and as everyone says, I guess I'll know for sure when it crows or lays!

Reply
Reply
post #18 of 19
5/18/11 at 1:09pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by CindyJeann 

I'm new to this so I haven't really known what rooster saddle feathers looked like till now. My BR just started his At 11 weeks they and short skinny "baby feathers" growing from his back and they are so shiny in the sun they look like they are coated in clear plastic. It's my understanding the saddle feathers will get long but stay skinny and shiny.


Yes, they stay thin and shiny - here's my rooster at 9 months:
http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz145/new2chooks/IMG_3086.jpg

Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

Reply

Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

Reply
post #19 of 19
3/20/12 at 1:33pm

Well, One Grey, what did it turn out to be?  Pullet or roo?  I'm in the same situation as you with one big Easter egger out of a few---more assertive than the others too.  I won't know for a while.  Has yours started to lay or crow?  

Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
BackYard Chickens › BYC Forum › Chicken Breeds › What Breed Or Gender is This? › 9-wk Easter Egger - pullet or rooster?