Easter Egger Gender guesses

[brosey]

Agree with what others have already said, but also I'd add that it could just be the angle of the photos but you seem to be looking for male saddle feathers right back at the tail. They'll grow in further forward than that, especially at first.
Here's where to look, though ten weeks old could still be a bit too young.
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Thanks, ya all the feathers look the same so I'll have to wait. Only one of the confirmed males has obviously pointed swaddle feathers coming in.

 

[kattabelly]

Thanks, ya all the feathers look the same so I'll have to wait. Only one of the confirmed males has obviously pointed swaddle feathers coming in.

I think twelve weeks old is about when they usually start, though a few weeks either side of that wouldn't be unusual.

 

[debid]

I was wondering about that, but wasn't sure if it applied to EEs since they are mutts. It acts more like a roo than the roos.

It's genetically impossible for a female chicken to have both gold and silver genes. This has nothing to do with the breed, it has to do with how the chromosomes are arranged.

He will be stunning although I know that's not a help for your situation.

 

[debid]

I'm curious how you got 3:4 cockerels from a sexed pullet order. Was this one of the major hatcheries?

 

[brosey]

I'm curious how you got 3:4 cockerels from a sexed pullet order. Was this one of the major hatcheries?

I purchased from a local to me farm that orders from the major hatcheries and distributes chicks to almost the entire state. They hadn't gotten their latest shipment, so they sold me chicks that were a week older- I figured they were still from a major hatchery, but now I'm wondering if they didn't hatch them on site and they're straight run.

 

[debid]

If this is a place that will let you choose from a selection of growing birds, you can tell with absolute certainty if you choose the ones that have sexually dimorphic, female-specific patterns. Look at photos of "duckwing" Old English game. Notice how different the females and males look and what those differences are for both gold and silver versions. Those dimorphic patterns are universal to chickens. There will be some modifiers on the EEs since they haven't had them eliminated through selective breeding but the base appearance can be observed often enough that you should be able to select all females from a group as soon as they have their feathers as long as you stick to the obvious ones.