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

[MNickoloff]

I'm on a tablet -- photos are a pain on the mobile version of this site. Google Gold duck wing chicken and silver duckwing chicken and you'll see countless examples. Note the wing patches on the males while the females have a drab, evenly patterned back. So, those patches are what most often give away a male that starts off striped.

I have been thinking my chipmunk striped ee is a male all along. "He" is only a week old but has thicker legs, and better posture than my other ee. "He" also comes running over when I pick up my other ee, like he's coming to her rescue. She normally just follows him around.

 

[Shadowsfate]

Hey guys, I have two pretty little Easter Eggers. This is the first, I will post pictures of the secound later. Can anyone help me with the genders? They were supposed to be two females but I heard a half crow today ((( they are around 7 weeks.

Tail

 

[Wishing4Wings]

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Ok, I think I get it. It's when the males get the red or white wingbars and the females look something like a Welsummer or Dorking. Is duckwing it's own pattern, or does it include other patterns, like partridge, for example? (since partridge males get the wingbars)

Also, are chipmunk chicks always going to be duckwing?

Thanks for edumacatin' me!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Hey guys, I have two pretty little Easter Eggers. This is the first, I will post pictures of the secound later. Can anyone help me with the genders? They were supposed to be two females but I heard a half crow today

((( they are around 7 weeks.




Tail

The pics of the comb are a bit blurry, but looks like a pullet to me.

 

[Shadowsfate]

Thanks, heres the other one. (Sorry my posts are pic heavy.) I know the dad is a blue wheaten ameriucana btw if that helps.

Edited to show comb more clearly

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Thanks, heres the other one. (Sorry my posts are pic heavy.) I know the dad is a blue wheaten ameriucana btw if that helps.

This one might be a cockerel, but the comb pic is not clear enough to be sure. The color is a bit patchy with some dark red coming in.

 

[Shadowsfate]

This one might be a cockerel, but the comb pic is not clear enough to be sure. The color is a bit patchy with some dark red coming in.

I added a pic if the comb. Looks much less pink then the lighting is making it look.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Edited to show comb more clearly

Yup, I think this might be your boy. It's not always the color of the comb, but the shape. You can clearly see a raised ridge down the center with 2 smaller ridges on either side. A pullet has only a center ridge until about 4 months when she starts laying. Of course I have to add a disclaimer that, because of their mixed ancestry, many EEs don't have this typical pea comb, which is partly why they can be so difficult to sex.

Is it possible that these guys are younger than 7 weeks? The cockerel comb is usually quite pink by then.

Cockerel around 7 weeks. Pullet at about 7 weeks.

 

[Shadowsfate]

Yup, I think this might be your boy. It's not always the color of the comb, but the shape. You can clearly see a raised ridge down the center with 2 smaller ridges on either side. A pullet has only a center ridge until about 4 months when she starts laying. Of course I have to add a disclaimer that, because of their mixed ancestry, many EEs don't have this typical pea comb, which is partly why they can be so difficult to sex. Is it possible that these guys are younger than 7 weeks? The cockerel comb is usually quite pink by then. Cockerel around 7 weeks. Pullet at about 7 weeks.

Just counted to be sure, the first chick (hopfully pullet) is 7 weeks and the suspected cockeral is about 6 weeks and a day or two. I was secretly hoping that because his(?) Comb was so light and not red at all it would turn out to be a girl. -.-' Any opinions on the other one, I'm really hoping for at least one pullet xl her(?) Comb is and always has been much smaller.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

A smaller comb is a good sign! If it just has a single center ridge and is pale, the chances are very good the first one is a pullet. Maybe some brighter pictures in daylight would help.

Hope others give some opinions.