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

[bruceha2000]

Red on shoulders means boy. So does uneven pattern.

Not always. With EEs, there is NO "always". Other factors need to be considered.

 

[BuffaloridaGirl]

Good Morning Everyone!!
Just checking in and posting this weeks pics of my bird whom I am suspicious of being a roo. This week the tail is a little longer and took on a curved shape. Of the 2 chicks this one is dominant but that isn't very incriminating since the other is a docile Buff Orp. Of course they are still very young and there's no saying what the gender is for certain at this point, but documenting for future reference couldn't hurt!

--Ashley

 

[junebuggena]

Good Morning Everyone!!
Just checking in and posting this weeks pics of my bird whom I am suspicious of being a roo. This week the tail is a little longer and took on a curved shape. Of the 2 chicks this one is dominant but that isn't very incriminating since the other is a docile Buff Orp. Of course they are still very young and there's no saying what the gender is for certain at this point, but documenting for future reference couldn't hurt!

--Ashley

Looks like a pullet for now.

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

Not always. With EEs, there is NO "always". Other factors need to be considered.

Certain things are sex linked. Red shoulders is one. Girls can be red all over but boys only can only have red shoulders. Same with salmon breast only a girl can have that.

I've seen so many ee at this point I can pick them out immediately. Not very many give me pause.

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

Good Morning Everyone!!
Just checking in and posting this weeks pics of my bird whom I am suspicious of being a roo. This week the tail is a little longer and took on a curved shape. Of the 2 chicks this one is dominant but that isn't very incriminating since the other is a docile Buff Orp. Of course they are still very young and there's no saying what the gender is for certain at this point, but documenting for future reference couldn't hurt!

--Ashley

Boy

 

[CrazyNMS1]

Replied to wrong post. Ugh.

 

[Deckgirls]

Certain things are sex linked. Red shoulders is one. Girls can be red all over but boys only can only have red shoulders. Same with salmon breast only a girl can have that.

I've seen so many ee at this point I can pick them out immediately. Not very many give me pause.

but this chicken has brown/red all over not just its shoulders. it has no comb at all and teeny tiny feet, rounded neck feathers and no saddle feathers yet.

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

but this chicken has brown/red all over not just its shoulders. it has no comb at all and teeny tiny feet, rounded neck feathers and no saddle feathers yet.

It has a very red comb, and an uneven pattern. I'd be shocked if it wasn't a boy.

 

[junebuggena]

It has a very red comb, and an uneven pattern. I'd be shocked if it wasn't a boy.

At 15 weeks old, the comb is supposed to start turning red. There are no male feathers yet, and the comb is still fairly undeveloped. It's a pullet.

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

At 15 weeks old, the comb is supposed to start turning red. There are no male feathers yet, and the comb is still fairly undeveloped. It's a pullet. 

OK congrats. There you are with your opinion and here I am with mine. I guess one of us will have egg on their face soon.