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

[cortner1195]

I love reading all the advice here. I now have a name for my larger EE. We shall remain optomistic and call HER Moose. They only get cuter. I am so glad I chose these for my little flock.

 

[Mychicagoladies]

Oh gosh — good luck to you! I hope yours turns out to be what you're hoping for. We unfortunately will not be able to keep a rooster, if s/he turns out to be one (we're in Chicago). I know — s/he's a looker and we'll be very sad to have to give him up.

Thanks for everyone's input!

Well I hope it is a girl, I am from chicago too and my favorite ee ended up being Mr. Elenore. I noticed the three row comb at 5 weeks, but kept my hopes up. At 11 weeks I brought him back to the feed store and she exchanged him for me. His picture is my avatar. You can keep roos in Chicago if noone complaines about it, but mine started to get very loud and I have a few neighbors that I know would not be happy with him. His still my favorite and I have pictures and video to remember him.

 

[chickadoodles]

Can someone please help me? I would like to know if either of these two EE's are hen's? Out of the 8 EE's I bought so far at least 5 are Roosters! And one is to small to know yet. Here is a pic of each of them





She/He is the one behind the water brown and black.
I am hoping at least one will be a hen!
Thank you!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Can someone please help me? I would like to know if either of these two EE's are hen's? Out of the 8 EE's I bought so far at least 5 are Roosters! And one is to small to know yet. Here is a pic of each of them





She/He is the one behind the water brown and black.
I am hoping at least one will be a hen!
Thank you!

Both the browns are pullets.

 

[chickadoodles]

Both the browns are pullets.

Thank you wishing4wings! I am so excited!

 

[debid]

OMG! thank you for helping me. I was really wondering about the color on him/her. Not sure exactly what the wing bar is, but I think it some sort of stripe through the feather? I do agree with you about the tail. It seems tall and few feathers bend under at the tip. This bird is a bit taller and upright than the darker hen too. Well all we can all do is wait for that first attempt at a crow. I hope not to have to rehome him. Again thanks for helping ALL of us newbees!

Sorry, I meant wing patch. The males often get a deep red area on the center of the wing. That patch is part of the base pattern of gold duck wing or it can be a white patch with a base of silver duck wing. Even when you mix the colors of the parent birds, these base patterns can show through. So, when looking at patterning on the wing, seeing an interruption in the paterning there, feathers that are deep red (excluding those chickens patterned elsewhere with it), or blotches of deep red emerging, those are cockerel signs. A chest blotched in black is another (again, patterning excluded). The more of them you see, the easier it gets to tell early on. Unfortunately, there are always new color combos that seem to suddenly be popular, enough late-blooming males to keep you guessing sometimes, and the occasional husky or early-developing pullet.

Plus, it's often difficult to get good pictures of chickens. They're worse than kids about cooperating.

 

[paisleyrae]

Is muffy actually a roo?? We can not keep Roos! She continues to get more and more rusty colors... She was also the last to feather out by a long time. She's 12 weeks old. Thanks!!

 

[my sunwolf]

Is muffy actually a roo?? We can not keep Roos!

She continues to get more and more rusty colors... She was also the last to feather out by a long time. She's 12 weeks old. Thanks!!

This is DEFINITELY a PULLET!

 

[alliecat2886]

Ok here are more pics of the chick in question. Her comb looks a little bigger than the others but her coloring isn't rooish. The rumpless one I'm almost sure is roo. They are almost 7 weeks old. Its more red cuz I was chasin her! Rumpless one...

Can someone please help me with this one? I sold rumpless as a roo. But kept the top as a hopefully pullet.

 

[chicknnugget]

Sorry, I meant wing patch. The males often get a deep red area on the center of the wing. That patch is part of the base pattern of gold duck wing or it can be a white patch with a base of silver duck wing. Even when you mix the colors of the parent birds, these base patterns can show through. So, when looking at patterning on the wing, seeing an interruption in the paterning there, feathers that are deep red (excluding those chickens patterned elsewhere with it), or blotches of deep red emerging, those are cockerel signs. A chest blotched in black is another (again, patterning excluded). The more of them you see, the easier it gets to tell early on. Unfortunately, there are always new color combos that seem to suddenly be popular, enough late-blooming males to keep you guessing sometimes, and the occasional husky or early-developing pullet.

Plus, it's often difficult to get good pictures of chickens. They're worse than kids about cooperating.

UGH! True statement about picture taking. I will just keep waiting. Thanks again for your help!