Sexing Easter Eggers

[jnaser2006]

Thanks for the info! This is my first go at chickens. I have 4 EE’s they are 9 weeks. According to comb they are pullets but I’d love to hear what you think about the coloring.

#1 Elsa- All black. White toenails and very green iridescent all over body

#2 Malificent black bottom patterned top, muffs. The most crabby. Doesn’t come by me.

 

[jnaser2006]

#3 Anna my most friendly. Jumps on my lap. Black bottom patterned top. I think I seen some Seattle feathers starting today. You can see them in that last picture

 

[jnaser2006]

#4 The Godmother- she’s always been my biggest. Pretty friendly. I think she’s the Alpha. Very gray with patterned top. These are all home breed. Not from a hatchery.

 

[TX_Homesteader]

I know EE are sort of a crap shoot sometimes. My others are obvious but this one eludes me! I went through the whole backend and can’t find any pointed feathers. It has a scruffy face but also has the same size legs as all my “for sure hens”. It’ll probably be the waiting game until it either crows or lays but it’s just so much skinny taller and more manly looking.

 

[ElizH]

I've never had frizzled birds (some look sort of frizzled) and all of my EEs have always had single combs. So I'm not the best judge. Just browsed through the photos quickly and I do see some that seem like pullets but EEs are so hard! Have to make breakfast for my husband since kids will destroy kitchen if i let them go at it alone but I'll try to come back later and look at each one individually. Hopefully this comment will bump your thread back up and others will way in!

Thank you!! I think I’ve got a mix of both and I do want to keep a cockrel... I just only need to keep one

 

[renk777]

I know EE are sort of a crap shoot sometimes. My others are obvious but this one eludes me! I went through the whole backend and can’t find any pointed feathers. It has a scruffy face but also has the same size legs as all my “for sure hens”. It’ll probably be the waiting game until it either crows or lays but it’s just so much skinny taller and more manly looking.

Scruffy looks like a pullet to me

 

[renk777]

Thank you!! I think I’ve got a mix of both and I do want to keep a cockrel... I just only need to keep one

You're in a much better place than most, then! Doesn't make it any easier though!

 

[renk777]

#4 The Godmother- she’s always been my biggest. Pretty friendly. I think she’s the Alpha. Very gray with patterned top. These are all home breed. Not from a hatchery. View attachment 2204901View attachment 2204902View attachment 2204903View attachment 2204904

I always struggle with judging by a screen because it's hard to see individual feathers. From these photos, Anna is the only one that worries me....something about the shape of the tail. Any pointy feathers sprouting out higher up the back? I have a barnyard mix EE cockerel...same age. Always assumed he was a cockerel but he just looked more and more like a pullet with each passing day. Finally let myself accept he was a pullet and get attached and now pointed saddles are coming in. But they started really high on back so I didn't notice them...I was always parting feathers further down :/

 

[renk777]

#4 The Godmother- she’s always been my biggest. Pretty friendly. I think she’s the Alpha. Very gray with patterned top. These are all home breed. Not from a hatchery. View attachment 2204901View attachment 2204902View attachment 2204903View attachment 2204904

Also, Godmother's hackles look pointed but I think it might just be a pointed pattern on a rounded feather..so far, rest of plumage looks pullet-ish...no white patches on shoulders.

 

[TX_Homesteader]

Scruffy looks like a pullet to me

Y’all are giving me hope!! I’ll play the waiting game.