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

[ChickenChatten]

Anyone else agree that my five week old is a cockerel? He was so adorable as a baby too...

Went from this...



...To this



I take pictures every week too, so it's really cool to see how he changed.

 

[flytie]

I do think that your bird is a he. Look at those looooong legs! He stands more up right too! Beautiful bird!

 

[Summerlove]

I posted some photo's of my chicks over a week ago and was told this one looked like a pullet. Are these pullet markings or is it a roo? S/he is 71/2 weeks old she now has 3 rows to his/her pea and it is pink. (Orange chick on right of photo's) Thanks!!

 

[ChickenChatten]

Summerlove, yours looks like a pullet to me! I think orange is an acceptable color for a hen, from what I've learned (thanks to this site mainly) as long as she doesn't get it dark red patches on her wings. Very pretty!

 

[ChickenChatten]

I do think that your bird is a he. Look at those looooong legs! He stands more up right too! Beautiful bird!

Thank you! Could I get help sexing my other EE's? All six of them were sexed pullets, and one has already been proven out as a rooster.

I think I have a good idea which ones are hens, but there are two that I'm not sure on... I posted a pic of one of them earlier, here's the other one who looks very similar. They're all about five weeks old.

Here she is now.



And of course here is her adorable baby picture.



Thanks!

 

[my sunwolf]

Anyone else agree that my five week old is a cockerel? He was so adorable as a baby too...

Went from this...



...To this



I take pictures every week too, so it's really cool to see how he changed.

Hm, the chick down points to cockerel, and he is starting to get splotchy. Is that a light red on his wings? Would love a comb shot and an update in a few weeks.

 

[my sunwolf]

Thank you! Could I get help sexing my other EE's? All six of them were sexed pullets, and one has already been proven out as a rooster.

I think I have a good idea which ones are hens, but there are two that I'm not sure on... I posted a pic of one of them earlier, here's the other one who looks very similar. They're all about five weeks old.

Here she is now.



And of course here is her adorable baby picture.



Thanks!

Wow, looked like a little rooster from the light chick coloring but now at 5 weeks could go either way. Looks more like cockerel coloring with the black splotches instead of a nice even pattern, but you won't know until the red in the wings comes in (or doesn't).

 

[ChickenChatten]

Wow, looked like a little rooster from the light chick coloring but now at 5 weeks could go either way. Looks more like cockerel coloring with the black splotches instead of a nice even pattern, but you won't know until the red in the wings comes in (or doesn't).

Yeah, I've been very worried that she could be a he, and my other chicken looks just like her, maybe a little bigger. I'll post a pic if anything obvious changes for her. Thanks a lot for helping! I very much appreciate it.

Hm, the chick down points to cockerel, and he is starting to get splotchy. Is that a light red on his wings? Would love a comb shot and an update in a few weeks.

Thanks, I'll be sure to go get a comb shot in awhile! Little booger is hard to catch... And yes, he has red on his wings too. I promise that I'll keep you posted on him. Here's a pic of him when he was three weeks old I think, he'd just started to get in red markings, well his feathers at that. Thank you again for your help!

 

[bruceha2000]

I have a 5 1/2 week old EEer that I'd like advice on

She was solid white as a baby chick, and has some rust coming in. It's very similar to my other EE here who is definitely a hen:




EXCEPT. This chick has the rust coming in mostly on it's head/neck where my EE hen has it on her body and not neck. And it as these weird individual dark grey/black feathers coming in on it's head and under one wing, which is different from my EE hen...


Here s/he is, Thoughts?

These cheeks are awesome, aren't they?

I see no three row comb. And look at those scrawny girl's legs, not big MANLY legs

I'm going with pullet unless you prove me wrong. Then I'll claim my BYC account was hacked and someone else guessed wrong

Haha, mine is a girl I think. The feathers are the girl color right?



She's my favorite of all my chicks, as you can tell because she is also my avatar.

Need a comb picture. And how old?

I posted some photo's of my chicks over a week ago and was told this one looked like a pullet. Are these pullet markings or is it a roo? S/he is 71/2 weeks old she now has 3 rows to his/her pea and it is pink. (Orange chick on right of photo's) Thanks!!

Nothing wrong with an orange EE. Mine isn't the top bird but she is the one that all the others follow to new places around the farm.
I'd want to see a clear comb shot from the front and side. That second picture, when 'bigified', does seem to have some mahogany red areas. Here is a shot of my orange girl at 8 weeks. You can see the comb is a little pinkish but not very big:

Thank you! Could I get help sexing my other EE's? All six of them were sexed pullets, and one has already been proven out as a rooster.

I think I have a good idea which ones are hens, but there are two that I'm not sure on... I posted a pic of one of them earlier, here's the other one who looks very similar. They're all about five weeks old.

Here she is now.





Thanks!

The comb looks to be a single row, unless feathers are covering something up. Lets lean toward pullet for now

Bruce

 

[Summerlove]

Well now I am starting to think roo.... Here is my orange chick today




My roo for comb comparison