Do I have hens? Any roos?

[dfrusht]

For all of you saying the EE is a he, why do you say that? Just curious. Trying to learn. There has been no crowing yet.

 

[Iluveggers]

For all of you saying the EE is a he, why do you say that? Just curious. Trying to learn. There has been no crowing yet.

I see very red comb compared to others.

 

[NatJ]

For all of you saying the EE is a he, why do you say that? Just curious. Trying to learn. There has been no crowing yet.

Probably the comb. It's brighter pink/red than the others.

For a pea comb, it's also on the large side for a bird of that age. (Pea combs are naturally smaller than many other chickens' combs.)

 

[Painted Calls]

For all of you saying the EE is a he, why do you say that? Just curious. Trying to learn. There has been no crowing yet.

Ameraucanas only come in a few certain colors. This bird is none of those colors. It's actually a color/pattern that is fairly common in EE cockerels.

 

[HappyClucker7]

For all of you saying the EE is a he, why do you say that? Just curious. Trying to learn. There has been no crowing yet.

The big, red comb is one indicator. The pattern is also a standard male pattern. Females will never look like that.

 

[dfrusht]

Ameraucanas only come in a few certain colors. This bird is none of those colors. It's actually a color/pattern that is fairly common in EE cockerels.

I thought that because they're a mix breed they can be any color, and it's not tied to gender?

 

[HappyClucker7]

I thought that because they're a mix breed they can be any color, and it's not tied to gender?

No, there are certain patterns that only males or only females can have.

 

[dfrusht]

No, there are certain patterns that only males or only females can have.

Interesting. S/he was supposed to be sexed as female by the hatchery.

 

[NatJ]

I thought that because they're a mix breed they can be any color, and it's not tied to gender?

Yes and no. Easter Eggers can be any color that a chicken can be.

But there are a few color/pattern combinations that only appear in male chickens, and a few that only appear in female chickens.* And when one of those gender-specific patterns appears in an Easter Egger, it tells the gender just as accurately as it would in any other breed.

*the only exceptions would be hen-feathered roosters, and birds of either gender with a hormone problem that makes them resemble the other sex. Those are rare enough that we can usually ignore them.

 

[dfrusht]

Well, I currently call the EE Clementine, looks like he'll be needing a new name...and a new home. Can't have a roo