I have three Easter eggers but I read that at one week you can tell if they are male or female by the wing feather growth and tail feathers ( the females start to feather out quicker) is that true ? If so I believe all three of my Easter eggers are male :(
These are 7 weeks old today, I bought 7 chicks of various breeds from a local feed store as "pullets", so far I have 1 EE Cockerel and 1 BO Cockerel out of the bunch. I've been searching on here for what to look for in females and male EE's but I want to confirm what I think (that they're both...
Okay... so it's been a minute...but I'm gonna try to create a post and add pictures..pause for dramatic effect... of my chicks at 8 weeks old.
This is clutch of 9, lovely mixed breed chicks. Dad is a buff bearded silkie and mom is a mix also of blue silkie and very golden EE. She is a beautiful...
Hi! I’m a first time chick momma and I have two EEs that we got from Cackle Hatchery that were supposed to be sexed that will be eight weeks on Wednesday. I just have always assumed they were pullets because I didn’t know better but a few days ago our neighbor mentioned to me that they might be...
Hi, I’m a brand new chick mom. I have five 7 week old Easter Eggers that we got from Cackle Hatchery that we got sexed and are “supposed” to be pullets. We just took them for pullets because we didn’t know any better until the other day when our neighbor was watching them and mentioned to us...
I posted my flock a few weeks ago, at 5 weeks (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/easter-egger-sexing-help-5-weeks.1310643/) wondering if at 8 weeks it is any clearer to the BYC community on what sex these easter egger chickens are becoming!
We are in process of building our flock of 6 a...
So I have heard you can sex easter eggers by color. And sometimes I heard you need to wait. I am dying to find out if i have pullet or not.
I Was wondering if thr color thing is true and if so how do I tell? What do you think my 2 week old ee would be?