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

[nminusyplusm]

if i have a roo, it's most likely the ameraucana. i just spoke with mypetchicken (ordered from them, hatched from meyer) and they were very helpful. mystery chick is prob the ameraucana as the EEs will be solid blue and have no white. i was told he/she may be a splash. i'd love to have a splash so i'm really hoping he turns out to be a she.

 

[debid]

if i have a roo, it's most likely the ameraucana. i just spoke with mypetchicken (ordered from them, hatched from meyer) and they were very helpful. mystery chick is prob the ameraucana as the EEs will be solid blue and have no white. i was told he/she may be a splash. i'd love to have a splash so i'm really hoping he turns out to be a she.

The white chick is the only one that could be a splash. Splash is visually white with gray splashed here and there in the feathers. Blue is a solid color but often has a lacy appearance.

 

[nminusyplusm]

ah i see... so i don't have a splash. the white one is a white EE. what do you suppose is going on with the white splotches on the face of mystery chick?

The white chick is the only one that could be a splash. Splash is visually white with gray splashed here and there in the feathers. Blue is a solid color but often has a lacy appearance.

 

[debid]

ah i see... so i don't have a splash. the white one is a white EE. what do you suppose is going on with the white splotches on the face of mystery chick?

Imperfect coverage. Blue and black aren't actually feather colors but rather melanizers. Think of it as a paint applied over another color. Sometimes you can see some of what is beneath.

Here's one of my EEs with a blue birchenish look. She has a lot of base color bleeding through because she doesn't have all of the melanizers she would if someone were intentionally breeding for blue birchen.

 

[nminusyplusm]

i'm wondering what the white areas on the face are genetically. i don't know much about chicken phenotype genetics but let's say in cats there are different white/colorless genes at work. is it possible that he/she is a really "bad" splash with very little white or are there other variants at work, like a different piebald gene(s)? is splash in chickens similar to piebald in other animals? http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...-how-animals-get-their-white-spots-180957770/

Imperfect coverage. Blue and black aren't actually feather colors but rather melanizers. Think of it as a paint applied over another color. Sometimes you can see some of what is beneath.

 

[jasperandchar]

8 to 10 weeks old, any guesses?

Picture #1 gender?

Picture #2 gender?

Picture #3 gender?silkie/easter egger cros)?

 

[debid]

i'm wondering what the white areas on the face are genetically

White feathers can be anywhere and might molt away. For example, it's really common for a black chick to have white wingtips until they have a molt or two. I have a grown black hen with one partially white feather in her tail. I couldn't say exactly why but it's not uncommon. And no, it doesn't make them a splash.

 

[debid]

8 to 10 weeks old, any guesses?

Picture #1 gender?

Picture #2 gender?

Picture #3 gender?silkie/easter egger cros)?

Cockerel, pullet, suspect cockerel

 

[jasperandchar]

8 to 10 weeks old, any guesses

Cockerel, pullet, suspect cockerel

Thanks

 

[jasperandchar]

what about these, thanks

Picture #1

Picture #2

Picture #3

picture #4

***this is all so confusing***lol