Final verdict is in I have 2 roosters and one hen. Here is a picture of them all grown up. Black rooster is already breeding hens and starting to crow. I think the red rooster turned out so handsome.
and the two roosters below
Here are the latest pics of the 3 chicks I hatched that you all concurred were roosters. I am preparing to sell two of them but I just want to make sure since no spurs or crowing yet. They are approx 15 weeks old.
They above two pictures are of the one I thought was a hen and the board...
Interesting. So does the colored egg gene come from both parents or just one?
I know one of the (unrelated to chicks) EE's I have is an EE hen cross with a mixed rooster brown egg layer and she lays pretty green eggs.
I am guessing that means that get the colored egg ability from both sides...
Well I suppose I will give them a few more weeks and if they are all cockerels I will choose the one I like best and sell the other two.
I just have too small of a flock to have three roosters. Luckily I live in the country so I can keep one. EE's are popular here so I should be able to re-home...
Golly I hope not...she is marked just like another EE hen I have.....oh boy if I got three cockerels out of three that would not be good. I only have 6 other hens....
For comparison here is the third chick hatched, I was pretty sure it was a pullet from the beginning. She has a very small pale comb. Hard to get a pic of her she is always hiding behind another.I only hatched three eggs. Thanks