Easter egger: Eating or Laying?

[Daddas1Punkin]

Want to know if we are going to get eggs, or meat...

If you can help us. Thanks!

 

[my sunwolf]

So far that looks like a pullet, judging by the way the red patterning is evenly spread over the body and the comb is so small.

 

[Eznet2u]

Thanks, I wasn't looking forward to sending this one to Camp. I guess things could still change as it gets a little older.

Question though, do hens have little stubs in the place of Spurs? One of the little ones has these little bumps that look an awful lot like the beginning of spurs.

 

[my sunwolf]

Most chickens do have spur bumps (though most females will never develop spurs), so I wouldn't use that to sex chicks. The best tell will be if the red turns very dark on her shoulders and if her comb gets very red. How old is she?

 

[Daddas1Punkin]

Most chickens do have spur bumps (though most females will never develop spurs), so I wouldn't use that to sex chicks. The best tell will be if the red turns very dark on her shoulders and if her comb gets very red. How old is she?

She is 6 weeks old. We got her on April 13. They were three days old when we got them. Yea, we noticed the "spur bumps" but I forgot to tell my dad (Eznet2u) that the hens have little bumps too. I forgot. ;]

 

[donrae]

That's a pullet.
Most birds get spur buds, it really freaks folks out but it's totally normal. Hens can even grow spurs.

 

[Daddas1Punkin]

That's a pullet.
Most birds get spur buds, it really freaks folks out but it's totally normal. Hens can even grow spurs.

THANK YOU! She is my baby!

 

[Daddas1Punkin]

What about our Henrietta?: