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

[polarbearpilot]

My 8 1/2 week old EE chick with a bad leg and a very small comb.

This chick has a bad leg since it hatched. Tried to fix it, but wasn't successful. I was hoping that it would be a girl so it would not end up in a pot. Up to now, at 8 1/2 weeks the comb is still a thin line and light in color. But the feathers scream cockerel. So my daughter officially declares that this chick is a HenSter. LOL.

Just want to share some pictures of this chick and the same age brother who is clearly a cockerel with a big red comb. I am 99% sure the bad leg chick is a cockerel. But if anyone who think I have a shot at the 1%, let me know. Thanks.

Here is Wuzzy.








Here is Archie with big red comb, same age.

 

[TREX]

@Polarbearpilot ,I'm not so sure that your bad leg chick is a roo.I posted some pics here a few weeks ago of my EE roos at 71/2 weeks and you can clearly tell they are boys from the comb.I don't see any resemblance between your babys comb and their combs.You may just have yourself a pullet

Another set of pics I took that I thought might be helpful for those looking to figure out the sex of their EE's.These are the same EE roos at approx. 7 1/2 weeks old. None of my pullets ever had combs this red or wide this early. All pullets combs were still small and yellow or just very pale pink.

My 8 1/2 week old EE chick with a bad leg and a very small comb.

This chick has a bad leg since it hatched. Tried to fix it, but wasn't successful. I was hoping that it would be a girl so it would not end up in a pot. Up to now, at 8 1/2 weeks the comb is still a thin line and light in color. But the feathers scream cockerel. So my daughter officially declares that this chick is a HenSter. LOL.

Just want to share some pictures of this chick and the same age brother who is clearly a cockerel with a big red comb. I am 99% sure the bad leg chick is a cockerel. But if anyone who think I have a shot at the 1%, let me know. Thanks.

Here is Wuzzy.








Here is Archie with big red comb, same age.

 

[CarolinaHen]

Just when you think you have your EEs figured out, you end up with a pullet that has all three rows raised in the pea comb :/ Good thing I held on to her even though everyone thought Bernice was Bernie! She's gorgeous

 

[polarbearpilot]

@Carolinahen - They are confusing, aren't they.

@TREX - thanks for sharing your pics. Your roos have big red combs like the one roo I have. I hope for Wuzzy's sake that he will be a she. It's my daughter's favorite because she took special care of him/her since it hatched due to the bad leg. I'll hang on to it as long as it does not crow. Will post update pictures once I know for certain one way or the other.

 

[CarolinaHen]

@polarbearpilot- I have a roo that has never crowed. Hopefully you will have a calm quiet sweetie like him and can keep him

 

[chics]

Hi everyone! I am still working on pea comb vs. straight combs and was hoping you all could give me your input?

[/IMG] this is chick one
Pea comb?

 

[chics]

This is chick number two, which I think is a straight comb? I wonder if its a boy because of comb growth? Chick one and two are the biggest of the seven.

 

[chics]

This is chick three and is almost as big as the first two. Straight comb?

 

[chics]

This is chick four, I really like the coloring. I'm undecided on the comb...I'm just not sure.

This chick is medium sized

 

[chics]

Chick five medium sized...

No idea on the comb...