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

[jessg84]

This is my almost 8 week old Easter egger. I have been pretty sure for a few weeks that he is a cockerel and then someone told me he looks like a pullet. Starting to look for a new home for him as I can't keep roosters where I live and just want to make sure it's definately a male.

 

[junebuggena]

Definitely a boy.

 

[Fletch83]

Probably a pullet then, since it's just the skin under the comb that's pink, and the coloring is decidedly female.

Is it a common coloring for hens? I know there isn't a breed standard for EE's as far as color goes but my other EE hen, now an adult, has a definite hen color so I knew right away with her. I'm also puzzled because the comb on this chick doesn't exactly look like an EE pea comb to me. She/he does have the greenish legs that many EE's do, though.

 

[junebuggena]

Is it a common coloring for hens? I know there isn't a breed standard for EE's as far as color goes but my other EE hen, now an adult, has a definite hen color so I knew right away with her. I'm also puzzled because the comb on this chick doesn't exactly look like an EE pea comb to me. She/he does have the greenish legs that many EE's do, though.

I've actually got a pullet that hatched on Valentine's Day that is similarly colored.

Tweety from the front

And Tweety's back. She was bossing the boys.

 

[Fletch83]

I've actually got a pullet that hatched on Valentine's Day that is similarly colored.

Tweety from the front

And Tweety's back. She was bossing the boys.

They do have similar coloring in the feathers. Pretty birds!

 

[Rozzychick]

I've actually got a pullet that hatched on Valentine's Day that is similarly colored. Tweety from the front And Tweety's back. She was bossing the boys.

Very pretty! what girl/ boy ratio do you keep?

 

[junebuggena]

Very pretty!
what girl/ boy ratio do you keep?

I only have one mature rooster at the moment, a few young cockerels (6 weeks old) and more in the batch of 2 week old chicks. By the end of the summer, I'll have about 15 to 16 layers, 1 cockerel, and a rooster. With my setup, and the property they free-range, I really need another boy keeping a lookout for my girls.

 

[lsp430]

Chick #1

This one has been feathering out the fastest. Comb is larger, but has not changed at all. It was a muddy dark brown chick.
Chick #2

This is puffball. My son's favorite and seems pullet-ish so far this was an orange chipmunk chick with puffy cheeks.
Chick #3

This one has been feathering out the slowest. It was yellow chipmunk with puffy cheeks.
Chick #4

This one was a lighter muddy brown chick.

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Update: the chicks are now 5 weeks old. Nothing is screaming cockerel to me yet. No changes in behavior or comb size/color just lots more feathers. I tried to quote with just the previous pictures, so we'll see if it worked from my phone.
Chick #1 - fast featherer with largish comb

Chick #2 Puffball

Chick #3 slow featherer that seems to have caught up

Chick #4 this is the only one that I'm almost sure is a pullet - the rest are still TBD to me

(L to R) 2, 3, 4

 

[Wishing4Wings]

lsp430 Great update. So neat to see how they feathered in. Different than I was expecting on a couple, but that's EEs for you! I don't see any cockerel traits so far. Lots more changing from 5-7 weeks, so keep your fingers crossed, but so far so good.

especially Puffball- favorites always need extra hoping!

 

[mlizalvarez]

Here are my sweet babies, they should be about 10 weeks or so. What do we think on sex?