Do Welsummers have fluffy cheeks?

[nminusyplusm]

Easter Eggers are crossbred chickens--Ameracaunas are the parent stock

Actually it's the other way around. From the Ameraucana Alliance:
"Ameraucanas weren’t bred up from Araucanas and Araucanas weren’t bred up from Ameraucanas. Both were created from Easter Eggers."

http://ameraucanaalliance.org/faq.html#Ten

 

[nminusyplusm]

Definitely EE and so far looks like a pullet to me.

 

[peckpeckpeck]

What a sweet looking easter egger!

I wouldn't worry too much yet.
My EE went through a awkward phase too. I swear I could see pointy saddle feathers & definitely had curvy tail feathers. We called it her queer feathers & resigned ourselves to the fact that "she" was a "he".... Until "he" laid an enormous blue egg.

She's still our biggest layer & a total sweetheart. She does have a "husky" voice tho.

Can you get a close up of her comb? Males are supposed to have 3 rows of bumps while Females have 1.

 

[nminusyplusm]

Can you get a close up of her comb? Males are supposed to have 3 rows of bumps while Females have 1.

I have EE pullets with 3 rows of bumps. They can't be sexed that way.

 

[peckpeckpeck]

I have EE pullets with 3 rows of bumps. They can't be sexed that way.

Good to know!

 

[ChickNanny13]

Positive it's an EE & my first guess was pullet however when I looked closer at the second picture, think I see the start of saddle feathering. Two & half month is a bit "young" yet, could we get another set of pictures in another 2 - 3 wks?

 

[egglover1969]

Positive it's an EE & my first guess was pullet however when I looked closer at the second picture, think I see the start of saddle feathering. Two & half month is a bit "young" yet, could we get another set of pictures in another 2 - 3 wks?

I'll be more than glad to get another photo in a few weeks. I certainly hope the outcome is a pullet (not allowed to have roosters!)

 

[NikAndHerChicks]

I feel your pain! We had 2 supposed pullets (from TSC) also turn out to be cockerels. Sadly they were not well behaved young gentlemen & wound up at freezer camp.

 

[egglover1969]

I feel your pain! We had 2 supposed pullets (from TSC) also turn out to be cockerels. Sadly they were not well behaved young gentlemen & wound up at freezer camp.

OH NO! I've never eaten one of mine (though I threaten to when my hens stop laying during the winter!). To be honest, it isn't as if I'm "against" it....I just don't know of anyone that would do it (butcher, clean and package). I'd eat it! Just not kill it......

 

[NikAndHerChicks]

I just gave one of my hens "the warning" today! Those 2 roos were actually the only ones we have harvested. I couldn't do it myself either. We are fortunate that a friend of ours shared a contact for a processor who will kill, clean & pluck the bird for $2 each. Well worth it for me!