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Oh, no, he's definitely a cockerel. Aside from the crowing, his size, behavior, and comb development are all unmistakable now (at about 3.5 weeks). I've just never had one start crowing SO early - 10 days! I'm still a bit amazed by that. It looks like he's going to be a very pretty bird, at least.

No doubt about my boy now, at just three weeks old... Interestingly, both of my Easter Eggers in this bunch are feathering in mostly red. I’ve had the more typical buff, black, and partridge EEs before and a cool blue one, but never reds. I love the mystery of these birds; you never know what...

No. There is a slight difference in the combs of very young EEs, but I’m not very good at seeing that difference. Usually, the coloring differences are pretty noticeable by about 3 or 4 weeks of age for me. The EE chick down colors don’t really tell you much about the adult coloration, in my...

I heard an awful racket coming from the brooder this morning and thought for a minute that one of my chicks must have been killing another. A few seconds later, I realized that what I was hearing was a baby attempt at a crow! These chicks are 10 DAYS old! The youngest I’ve had crow prior to this...