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

    Here are my 6 EEs. 4 pullets, 2 roos. They were about 7 weeks in this picture. On the top left is a cockerel. See his red/dark red spots on the wings?You can see that the bottom bird, a pullet, has the red/orange color but it's in an even pattern and not isolated to her wings. The other...
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    What sex is my baby Easter egger?

    I have EEs, too, and the red on my boys was REALLY red. I have two that have some of this red/orange type patterning, but it's much more evenly patterned than my boys were. I'm no expert (It's my first year!) but we grew out 4 pullets and 2 cockerels from their first day. By 11 weeks my roo also...
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    is my EE actually an EE?

    I got two new Easter Egger pullets yesterday but this one's head doesn't look like my others... she looks like a dove or something. What do you think?
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    HELP! How does anyone keep a rooster!?!

    HELP! How does ANYONE keep roosters? We had 2 cockerels in our order of 6 'pullets' this spring. We tried putting the two roos in their own pen but they can still see the girls- so they were both unhappy, pacing, crowing, etc. all day long. We re-homed one in hopes of re-integrating the smaller...
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    Rooster Flocks!

    And ALL chickens make great compost for the garden!
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    Is it normal for one cockerel to be MUCH bigger than the other?

    That's exactly what my boys look like- size wise. thanks.
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    Is it normal for one cockerel to be MUCH bigger than the other?

    But is it normal for the Dominant Roo to grow larger than a sub-roo? Will my Big Guy stop my little guy from crowing?
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    Is it normal for one cockerel to be MUCH bigger than the other?

    Thanks!
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    Is it normal for one cockerel to be MUCH bigger than the other?

    It's dark and you can't really see their sizes but you get an idea of the combs from these pics. The white one is the Big Guy, the little one is orange
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    Easter egger chicks: two boys?

    I cant tell, yet. But I will say your pale EE looks a lot like my EE Roo. He's about 4-5 weeks in my profile picture. You can't tell but he also has the red on his shoulders, which is supposed to be sex-linked.
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    Is it normal for one cockerel to be MUCH bigger than the other?

    I've got (what I thought were) my two EE cockerels in a separate run/pen together. I was pretty sure that I heard them both crow- and he's got the red shoulders and longer, pointy-er tail feathers (compared to the girls) But his brother is SO MUCH bigger, like half again the size. And, it seems...
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    Are 2 birds enough to keep warm through the night?

    Sorry, I live in Central Maine so, yes, it can get very cold in the wintertime , but I will have their coop more insulated by then. Thanks for your stories about your own mini rooster flocks. :)
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    Are 2 birds enough to keep warm through the night?

    I have a small rooster flock. Out of my six "pullets", two were roos. So we moved them into their own run out of sight of the 4 hens and the hens are living happily together. (We have chickens for eggs and compost) The Roos seem happy enough, too. They don't fight and have both been crowing...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Yeah. The red one is hard to photograph. Her/his comb is no where near as red as my WhiteWing , but it looks like there are three rows of bumps. Also he/she isn't as BIG as the big white roo... Ugh. These are the too my daughter named otherwise I'd probably try to find someone else to take them.
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Can anyone tell on this red ish one? It's here with my white eoo, but it's not so obvious. They're 8 ish weeks. May 6 hatch
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