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post #11 of 28
8/10/12 at 11:04am

Mine wasn't crowing at 10 wks and that is no doubt a roo. 

Liz, wife, mom to 4 boys and  "food lady" to a mix of mostly Ameraucanas & EE's with a few oddball breeds for fun. :) 

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Liz, wife, mom to 4 boys and  "food lady" to a mix of mostly Ameraucanas & EE's with a few oddball breeds for fun. :) 

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post #12 of 28
8/10/12 at 12:06pm
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My chicks were born 4/22, so they aren't yet 4 months old.  I picked up 6 of them, all of them Easter Eggers, and at this point, I'm questioning whether all of them are actually females.  One, in particular, has me concerned.  The problem I have is my local ordinance....no roosters!

I don't know when I'll know for sure....I either have to wait for an egg, or some crowing.  Some of my research makes it sound like they should start crowing/laying anywhere between 16-20 weeks, or even later depending on weather (heat) or other factors.  If the crowing starts, then I have to find a new home for my rooster (sad).  Anyone run into this problem where the chicks are not properly sexed and you end up with a rooster?  What did you do?



This is the best picture I have, right now.  Am I just being paranoid, or does this one have the colors and markings of a rooster?

I wouldn't be too quick to get rid of "him" my EE mix with a white leghorn looked that red and large of a comb at 16 weeks. Now she lays a beautiful blue egg.

My chickens: WL, AC, EE, LO, Marans, EE/WL mix & Silkies = a rainbow of egg colors :) 

 

Chicken farmer since July 2011

 

"He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return."  Psalm 78:39

 

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My chickens: WL, AC, EE, LO, Marans, EE/WL mix & Silkies = a rainbow of egg colors :) 

 

Chicken farmer since July 2011

 

"He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return."  Psalm 78:39

 

My BYC page http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/bobbieschickss-member-page

 

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post #13 of 28
8/10/12 at 12:12pm

i'm 95% sure that is a cockerel color and comb both say cockerel 

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owner of Itty Bitty Dowden Family Farm: https://www.facebook.com/#!/IttyBittyDowdenFamilyFarm

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post #14 of 28
8/10/12 at 12:29pm

It's not the comb we rooster folks are looking at as much as the big red patches on the wing - those mean rooster in easter eggers.. but OP will know soon enough either way. :)

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post #15 of 28
8/10/12 at 12:30pm

what?

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post #16 of 28
8/10/12 at 12:48pm

sorry, but that is a rooster, i don't care if it never crows. but EEs can be slow to mature.

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post #17 of 28
8/10/12 at 12:49pm

Don't listen to smarsh, s/he is a clueless clown.

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post #18 of 28
8/10/12 at 3:33pm

There is a lengthy thread on here if you search for it all about sexing EEs by color pattern.  If you look through it, you'll soon realize that your juvenile is SCREAMING cockerel with plumage if not with his vocalizations yet.  Not even a maybe about it.

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post #19 of 28
8/10/12 at 4:43pm
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It's not the comb we rooster folks are looking at as much as the big red patches on the wing - those mean rooster in easter eggers.. but OP will know soon enough either way. :)

 

ditto.  It has nothing to do with the comb.  Hens don't have that coloration.  All those reds and crazy blotches of colors are to impress the ladies.

"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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"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!"
Joey Santiago
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post #20 of 28
8/10/12 at 5:50pm
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Originally Posted by debid View Post

There is a lengthy thread on here if you search for it all about sexing EEs by color pattern.  If you look through it, you'll soon realize that your juvenile is SCREAMING cockerel with plumage if not with his vocalizations yet.  Not even a maybe about it.

This. Even if we couldn't see his head in the pic we would know that is a cockeral. No hen on God's green earth has that color. 

 

Op--by all means keep him until he crows if you wish. But it's a good idea to have a home lined up, esp if you have neighbors who cherish the quiet mornings. 

Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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