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post #11 of 14
4/23/12 at 8:44am
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This guy wasn't aggressive as a baby, he was actually quite skiddish. And he didn't pick on any of the others until they were moved outside to the big coop.

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post #12 of 14
4/23/12 at 8:55am

Agreed it's a roo -- the 3 rows on the comb and the color is a slam dunk. Also agreed that behavior doesn't always mean anything. Just means that bird wants to establish itself in the pecking order.

 

The thing with EE's, there are so many genes mixed in that it's the most mis-sexed bird of them all. Feather sexing isn't reliable, vent sexing is your best bet but for some reason, we've heard repeatedly from different sellers that they get people complaining of having received a cockerel from the "pullet" bin 10 to 1 over other breeds.

 

The other thing I've seen (because I have one and pay attention) is the majority of cross beaks tend to be EE's too.

 

~ I'm a mom to an awesome cross-beaked roo who came from the pullet bin too.

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"The world said to conform, the world said to settle for less, the world said to compromise and no one would know...so I made my own world." ~Bijan  (And filled it with chickens!!)  ~Me!

 

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post #13 of 14
4/23/12 at 9:21am
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Out of the 12 egg layers I got from McMurray all were supposed to be pullets- I ended up with three roosters. 1 buff orpington, 1 colombian wyandotte, and now 1 EE

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Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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post #14 of 14
4/23/12 at 2:27pm
Wow! Silly me to be so naive and just assume that because I ordered pullets from McMurray that they would actually be pullets. I sure hope all my girls are actually girls...hohum.
mommy to 2 boys, 2 dogs, 1 snake, and 10 chickens...2 blue laced red wyandottes, 1 silver penciled wyandotte, 1 araucana, 1 golden comet, 1 barred rock, 1 black cochin, 1 hamburg
RIP Tiny, our Phoenix and HeadPuffjdu our Polish Crested
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mommy to 2 boys, 2 dogs, 1 snake, and 10 chickens...2 blue laced red wyandottes, 1 silver penciled wyandotte, 1 araucana, 1 golden comet, 1 barred rock, 1 black cochin, 1 hamburg
RIP Tiny, our Phoenix and HeadPuffjdu our Polish Crested
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