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White Easter Egger, gender?

post #1 of 20
7/8/12 at 2:08pm
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So I've recently acquired a new chicken! Besides this being ridiculously exciting, I still have allowed some doubt to creep into my brain on what gender it may be ... I went and picked "her" out among a bunch of other EE's, and she had one of the smallest combs and no color on her wings that I could tell. She's pretty dirty, so the blotches on her wings are from not being clean ... hope to fix that once she settles in.

 

Anyways! I shall put further judgment into the people on BYC :)

Here she is:

 

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And here's a close up of her wing:

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Looks like dirt to me ...

Anyways, hope to hear back on what you guys think :)

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post #2 of 20
7/8/12 at 2:40pm

pullet 

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post #3 of 20
7/8/12 at 2:52pm

Pullet :D

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Hi, Im Rebecca Im a Christian girl that loves chickens!! I am a vet volunteer and I owner of 9 chickens. If you have any questions about Coccidiosis, Mites & Lice, Worms, Molting, Vent Gleet, Bumble Foot, Egg Binding, or Prolapsed Oviduct, feel free to ask me about it or pm me.
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post #4 of 20
7/8/12 at 7:55pm

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Helen: Daria, do you have to look at everything in such a negative light?

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post #5 of 20
7/8/12 at 8:35pm

pullet

1 German Shepherd, 1 Borador, 1 Malitpoo, 1 West Highland Terrier, 1 German Shorthair Pointer puppy, 3 Australorps, 6 Red Sex Links, 1 Black Sex Link, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 3 Tetra Tints (aka: Amber Sex Link) and 9 Easter Eggers.

 

YES, I had to thin my flock out. It went from 57 to 28.  :(

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1 German Shepherd, 1 Borador, 1 Malitpoo, 1 West Highland Terrier, 1 German Shorthair Pointer puppy, 3 Australorps, 6 Red Sex Links, 1 Black Sex Link, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 3 Tetra Tints (aka: Amber Sex Link) and 9 Easter Eggers.

 

YES, I had to thin my flock out. It went from 57 to 28.  :(

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post #6 of 20
7/8/12 at 8:41pm

I think you could name her Snow White :)

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"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
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post #7 of 20
7/8/12 at 10:36pm
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I think you could name her Snow White :)

That's a great name for her :)

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post #8 of 20
7/10/12 at 11:26am
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Thanks everyone! I forgot to mention she's about 2 months here ...

Any possibility she could change to a he? I always get so worried, and with the heat lately her comb seems a bit redder ...

Also, anyone think she's actually an Ameraucana or is she an EE like I thought? The lady I bought her from said she was an Ameraucana but I figured she just got hatchery stock from the feed store which are technically EE's but after looking through the threads now I'm not so sure ...

 

I don't mind regardless, just interested to see what people think :)

I'll get better pics soon, those are from the first day I brought her home.
 

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post #9 of 20
7/10/12 at 5:55pm
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Here are some new photos ... do their combs get redder when it's warm out?
Hers was really light the first day we brought her home, and it's not THAT red but ... after I had to get rid of my last roo it'd be so unfortunate to find out she really wanted to be a he instead ... I can't help being worried over it hide.gif

 

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This a roo-ish looking comb? :/

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Thanks for all the help so far you guys!

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post #10 of 20
7/10/12 at 6:14pm

pullet at point of lay and yes i have noticed that at about 15 weeks the hotter it is the redder my chickens comb seem to get 

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