7 1/2 week Easter Egger sexing

[Whistlinghill]

Hi all! I’m new here and I would love some help from some experienced eyes sexing my 7 1/2 week old Easter Eggers. There are 9 birds and most of them have two pictures but a few of the flightier ones I was only able to get one from. Let me know if you need any better pictures. In my mind they all have cockerel-like traits but I sure hope they aren’t all cockerels! They’re my first batch of chickens and I really want some pretty blue eggs! My best guess is 1-pullet, 2-pullet, 3-cockerel, 4-cockerel, 5-cockerel for sure 6-pullet? 7-cockerel, 8-pullet , 9-pullet

 

[Buckeye Amy]

#5 is a cockerel. #7 possibly is a cockerel although it's really hard to tell. What male specific traits are you referring to?

Please see: https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ail-feathers-in-easter-egger-juveniles.75908/

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I agree with above that #5 is for sure a boy. #7 maybe. Rest appear to be pullets. Too early to be sure. They do not however, all appear to be EE. Several of them have single combs. Nice set of birds!

 

[Buckeye Amy]

I agree with above that #5 is for sure a boy. #7 maybe. Rest appear to be pullets. Too early to be sure. They do not however, all appear to be EE. Several of them have single combs. Nice set of birds!

I noticed that too! I'm not sure what they are. They could be mixes.

 

[Whistlinghill]

#5 is a cockerel. #7 possibly is a cockerel although it's really hard to tell. What male specific traits are you referring to?

Please see: https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ail-feathers-in-easter-egger-juveniles.75908/

In picture 1, for instance she/he has a few feathers coming in on the shoulders that are kinda rusty in colour. A lot of their colours are coming in a lot patchier than the hen colours I’ve seen for Easter Eggers on this site. I also noticed that most of their combs have red on the sides.

 

[Buckeye Amy]

I can see that on #1 too but it's so young. I would just keep watching them! You know what to look for.

 

[Whistlinghill]

I agree with above that #5 is for sure a boy. #7 maybe. Rest appear to be pullets. Too early to be sure. They do not however, all appear to be EE. Several of them have single combs. Nice set of birds!

What do you think the ones with single combs might be? Do you think any of the batch are EE?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

From what I can tell 1,2,3 4 and possibly 8 have peacombs and coloring fairly consistent with EE. I do not really see any obvious muffs or beards, though not all EEs have these. I will see if @Odd One Out is available for professional EE opinions! Others are likely mixed breeds, which technically EEs are as well.

 

[Whistlinghill]

Hey guys! You were bang on with the sexing project. Thanks for your help! Here’s a picture of the only two roosters out of the batch of 9 straight run chicks. Pretty happy with my odds! Top one is #5 “little roo” and the other one is #7 “Benedict”. Got my first egg yesterday from #8 “cookie”. She’s been squatting for a week and she layed a pretty pale brown.