I took some photos of the pullet this morning; she is 21 weeks old as of today. It is still wet and miserable outside so she was not happy with me at all for bringing her out of her cozy coop. She was also upset about being separated from the flock; she sticks to her foster mom, my black...
Here is the green egg with eggs from two different bantam cochins, my black hen, Penguin lays the brown one and my son's hen, THX 1138, lays the tinted one. Sorry I couldn't do it outside in natural light. It has been pouring rain all morning here.
And here it is next to my kitchen walls.
Well, while I was away for the weekend, we got the definitive answer on this chicken's gender.
When I got home, my son gave me a great big hug, a wry smile, and presented me with a GREEN EGG. None of my bantam cochins could have laid that! Yeah!!!! Its a pullet! I was doing the happy...
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I was sure this chicken was a pullet until about 3 weeks ago, but now I have serious doubts! Is this Easter Egger a male or a female?
As a chick, it was kind of pale buff and grey colored. Its hatch date is July 19th. It came in a bantam assortment...