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

[Rachm1]

Can I be pretty sure that this one is a pullet? Now 11 weeks

 

[junebuggena]

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Oh please tell me this one's a pullet

Female. Notice how the patterning on the girls is pretty uniform across the body. Now compare with the cockerel. See the darker 'rooster' red on the shoulders/wing area and how patchy his coloring seems in comparison.

 

[junebuggena]

View attachment 1059920 View attachment 1059921 Can I be pretty sure that this one is a pullet? Now 11 weeks

Looks like a pullet.

 

[drumstick diva]

Beautiful white pullet

 

[Lynn Meyer-Barlass]

Not sure, but if the wing feathets

Kind of curious any guesses for Charlie? I love my Easter Eggers

If wing feathers Are even- male longer & shorter feathers - female. When u stretch the wing out, chicken farmer told me this??

 

[Brynlee]

Not sure, but if the wing feathets

If wing feathers Are even- male longer & shorter feathers - female. When u stretch the wing out, chicken farmer told me this??

I heard that somewhere but I heard it's harder on EEs. This is a more recent pic of Charlie

 

[junebuggena]

Not sure, but if the wing feathets

If wing feathers Are even- male longer & shorter feathers - female. When u stretch the wing out, chicken farmer told me this??

Most chicks can not accurately be feather sexed. It requires a very specific set of genetics and chicks must be under 3 days old.

 

[newmarch2014]

Welp, Amelia and Ainsley are now just over 10 weeks old!!! It's amazing that they looked so different as newly hatched chicks, and now they look so similar! But there's a few features that set them apart.

Amelia: Her barring has faded away to more of a solid reddish-tan with black speckles on her back half, with some penciled feathers around her neck. She has adorable cheek tufts, and her comb is a single row of slightly raised peas.
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Ainsley: Her neck and back are starting to fill in with black penciling, and she still has the dark red wash on her wings. She has muffs and a small grey-ish beard, and her pea comb is a little wider and flat.View attachment 1053903

Still pullet-y?

I have one that is very similar to your 2 that is now 18 weeks and coming close to lay as she is now squatting and getting redder in the face, this was her a few weeks ago.

 

[akwood14]

Thoughts on this 9 week EE? I'm nervous with the look of a 3 row comb and feathering! Pullet or Cockerel?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Thoughts on this 9 week EE? I'm nervous with the look of a 3 row comb and feathering! Pullet or Cockerel?

It looks like a pullet to me. The comb is still small, despite the extra rows and the coloring on the wings is uniform and not the darker red that roosters get. I have a pullet that looks very similar.