Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

[donnavee]

Oh wow, featherz & nicole01 - both of you have beautiful EEs there. Hope mine turns out half as pretty - though like any "Mom", I think they are all beautiful in their own way.
Thanks

 

[featherz]

Ok, since you asked.. Here's the latest pics of my mystery chicken and his saddle feathers.

12 weeks old now. I think he'll be gorgeous! All I could do was cellphone, it's pouring rain and didn't want to risk my good one.

he went from this:

to this:

 

[Nicole01]

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Your first EE looks just like my 13 week old EE.

. They are all beautiful. I had to put my EE in "jail" for going after my d'uccle and biting her. Ugh! Two days of jail inside the coop has worked so far. Otherwise, she is a great chicken to have around!

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

Here's a good example for sexing EEs by color. These 2 EE Bantams were almost the sale color as chicks up to about 4 weeks of age, when the male started getting subtle signs of red feathers on his back

Ignore the Splash EE and ignore the fact that the little brown/gold EE does not have a tail (it was taken out by the other chicks and hasn't grown back yet). Also ignore their strange stances - they were afraid to walk on the slick floor.

 

[6chicksinatub]

I'm sure the answer is here somewhere-- but, how many posts do I need to have to be allowed to post pictures of my 10.5 week old EE?

 

[Cowgirl71]

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10 posts.

 

[Iflyonhorses]

Does anybody know what this is??? I got these from a classroom hatching project, otherwise I have no idea of their origin, I thought I had an EE pullet and an EE roo, but then i read a post that EEs never have wattles. So what the heck is this guy??? They are 13 weeks old.

 

[Cowgirl71]

They both look like Red Sexlink/Easter Egger crosses.

 

[Iflyonhorses]

Excellent. These are the other two from the same batch. The one in the background has barred feathers, no comb at all and yellow legs. I didn't think they looked like EEs but could they be crosses?

 

[pinkwindsong]

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ditto.... very pretty..