I bought 5 chicks from a local chicken keeper. She told me that the chicks were from a RIR rooster and Ameraucana hen. I’m very familiar with the whole Ameraucana vs. Easter Egger scam. I don’t think she was in any way trying to scam me. I just don’t know how knowledgeable she is and whether or...
3 and 4 were chest bumping this morning so I’m a little concerned they are both cockerels. 😣 That’s how my two RIR Roos acted at this age. I was really hoping at least one would be a pullet. I’m still going to hold onto hope!
I don’t know why I can’t figure out how to edit my original post but here are the same pictures with numbers for each chick. I really hope #2 and #5 are girls and at least one of the black ones. 🙏🏼
Yeah, the girl I bought them from says they are Olive Eggers, but they are Ameraucana (hopefully) under a RIR so everything I’ve read says they are just Easter Eggers. Best case scenario they will lay olive eggs, but I will be happy with them no matter what.
I bought these Easter Eggers (she was calling them Olive Eggers, but I know that’s not right) about 5 weeks ago. They are 6 weeks old today. I know that there’s no way to tell for sure yet what sex they are, but some of you are so good at guessing that I thought I’d make a post and see how many...