Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

[lablover]

I was thinking that the points were just the pattern. I've seen a lot of pictures off EE pullets with pointy looking feathers there. I picked this chick based on the color. I don't know anything about the actual EE paterns though.

 

[Losobug]

Look what these two little buggers turned into. Baby on the left (above photo) crows at three weeks old.

Same order...left to right...same birds (OnRay and Manny) both sold as Ameraucana pullets. uhmmmm EE.



OnRay (6 weeks) What a beauty, giant pretty eyes in person...lol Looking soon for a new home as I already have a speckled sussex Roo (bought as pullet)

Any hope for Manny? Sad days at the chicken house..lol 15 supposed pullets, 2 and 1/2 confirmed Roos...

And my only hope for blue eggs...my twin girls (right?) Auna the Americauna, her full name

( I know, she is EE, it just didn't ryhme with anything..lol)
and Little Chirpy, the chronic whiner... Thanks for looking. I love to see the baby to teen to adult pics. so helpful!!!

 

[ShakeragSusan]

I'm completely new to chickens, so this may be a stupid question. I have 8 Easter Eggers (that were sold to me as Auracaunas!) and there is one who is bigger than the rest and has been since the start. All the EE's I bought were supposed to be pullets. They are almost 5 weeks old.
One day this week, Bertha Belle started trying to crow. How strong an indicator of sex is that?
I'll see if I can figure out how to post a pic.

Thanks!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

That's a very large comb and trying to crow would give you a Rooster.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Loos, many has a small and pale comb still compared to the obvious roo. No signs of a roo on many yet.

 

[ShakeragSusan]

Thanks,CelticOaksFarm, I had feared that was the case.
He/she is beautiful none the less!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

The EE's are roosters, the last ones a bantam hen. No doubt on the boys though, coloring, feather shape both are tell tale rooster signs. The darker one is going to be a looker for sure.

I bought a couple of EEs yesterday. I tried to educate myself on what to look for and wrote down the info posted in post #7 before I left. I hope I made good choices since I want colored eggs (plus the fact that I have a BR rooster-in-training and I don't want want to take a chance of 1) annoying the neighbors with lots of crowing from more roosters, and 2) have a cock fight and end up with two dead roos). Looking at all the photos here, I still don't see the differences until they get older (like 4 or 5 months when those tail and neck feathers get long) Anyway, I'd appreciate your all's expert opinion on my birds. I tried to get photos but I think they are camera shy because they'd look away or go inside the isolation ark when I tried to take their picture. (hopefully they have no communicable diseases because the other chickens have all visited the newcomers) This dark feathered one is 2 - 2 1/2 or even 3 months old (based on size since I didn't get an age from the family except for "a couple of months" (I tried to get a good shot of the flat comb) I've got a lot of photos because I was trying to get good body shots but there are a lot of partial shadows or other things to make seeing the whole chicken difficult. By giving you all these photos, I hope you'll be able to see what you need to see to decide girl/boy. Here's a white-ish colored one. I think it must be about 1 1/2 months old based on size compared to my other 2 month old chickens. (you can also see the tail feathers of the darker one in case you need it) comb shot, it's quite pale (hopefully because it's a girl) whole body Now, based on some of the other pictures I've seen in this thread...I wonder about this bantam...EE or OEGB? Thanks for any help you can give me, CG

 

[hecatesmoon]

The bluish gray EEs I have seen... love em. Is there a coloring to a chick that would indicate a bllue bird or can any coloring on a chick feather out blue?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Hectares, our blue/grey EE adults all started as chicks of the same color. Out of every 25/30 chicks we hatch we get 2-3 bluish/grey toned chicks. Hope this helps.

 

[Minchi]

Hen or Roo? It may be too early to tell but she is bigger then the others and more forward.