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easter eggers? pullets? cockerels? HELP?!

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New chicken owner here, I got some baby chicks at a local pet food supply store that got them from a hatchery. I was told they were brahamas but I think two are easter eggers and one maybe a light brahama? So I need help determining breeds and if they are pullets or cockerels. I was told all pullets but two are vibrant colors with longer tail feathers.

 

Here is one we call Loretta when she was a few days old

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Here are the three girls together at a few days old, Loretta, Gretta and Henrietta

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Here is Loretta now (the one with black on her (the other two are white cornish crosses):

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And here is Henrietta now:

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And here are all the girls, the three speckled ones are Gretta (who has nearly no tail feathers), Loretta, and Henrietta, and the tan one in the back is Margret, the tan one on the right is Mabel (Mabel and Margret are Buff Orpingtons) and then the white cornish crosses who are named Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snack ;)

 

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I'm not good at EE's but I think Mabel might be a roo!

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Wrong area sorry, you need to try over in the chicken area under the thread what breed or gender am I.

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post #4 of 6

Yes, these are easter eggers. Brahmas have feathered feet. You would get more replies in the section for identifying chicken breeds though, this is the Geese section of the forum.

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New chicken owner here, I got some baby chicks at a local pet food supply store that got them from a hatchery. I was told they were brahamas but I think two are easter eggers and one maybe a light brahama? So I need help determining breeds and if they are pullets or cockerels. I was told all pullets but two are vibrant colors with longer tail feathers.

 

Here is one we call Loretta when she was a few days old

chicks 008.JPG

Here are the three girls together at a few days old, Loretta, Gretta and Henrietta

chicks 012.JPG

Here is Loretta now (the one with black on her (the other two are white cornish crosses):

playhouse 012.JPG

And here is Henrietta now:

playhouse 014.JPG

 

And here are all the girls, the three speckled ones are Gretta (who has nearly no tail feathers), Loretta, and Henrietta, and the tan one in the back is Margret, the tan one on the right is Mabel (Mabel and Margret are Buff Orpingtons) and then the white cornish crosses who are named Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snack ;)

 

coop 008.JPG

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"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Ephesians 6:12

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post #5 of 6

Loretta needs watching.  Black and white EEs are hard to guess the gender on until they are more feathered.  Your other two are 100% female. 

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post #6 of 6

Mabel is definitely a cockerel, but that's not what you're asking :)

 

I'd be hard pushed to say. Gretta-with-no-tail-feathers might be a cockerel.

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Friesians, Sebrights, Barnevelders, Araucanas, Cream Legbars, Dutch Bantams, Vorwerks, an Appenzeller Spitzhauben, a Sabelpoot and a few crosses .

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