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

[Diamantine]

I think the black one looks like a pullet. I'm not that great with it, but the other two look outstandingly roo while the black one doesn't show as many male features.

 

[califarmgirl]

Yay yay! So pretty I can't tell, is it blue or green? O:
Looks blue-ish to me, but my mom says it looks green, lol! I think it's 'cause it's in the shade.
(Also thank you for the congratulations!)

That's kind of funny that we got our eggs a day apart!

It is funny! I call it Mint green but my son says blue. she has laid three eggs since Sunday. I was hoping for daily eggs but it could be the heat.

 

[ozu]

It is funny! I call it Mint green but my son says blue. she has laid three eggs since Sunday. I was hoping for daily eggs but it could be the heat.

Yeah! Lucky!
Lotus has not laid since the first and second day. Crossing my fingers for an egg today!
She looked like she was gunna lay before bed- she kept going in the nesting box but she ended up not doing anything.

 

[Malissa]

How long can I expect 2-3 roosters to get along??? THey are bonded with each other and spend all of their time together away from the big gang. They are afraid of the hens. My mean *** Welsummer doesn't bother with them at all. I spoke with an old order mennonite woman down the street and she is going to give me butchering lessons on him. He didn't get mean until sometime over last winter and he was born in May same week these guys were this year. I can't deal with another mean roo! It's so crazy because by 10 weeks, the Welsummer was crowing and no questions he was a male. These guys aren't trying to crow and only make some clucking noises. THey aren't trying to get on the hens, but they are afraid of them!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

How long can I expect 2-3 roosters to get along??? THey are bonded with each other and spend all of their time together away from the big gang. They are afraid of the hens. My mean *** Welsummer doesn't bother with them at all. I spoke with an old order mennonite woman down the street and she is going to give me butchering lessons on him. He didn't get mean until sometime over last winter and he was born in May same week these guys were this year. I can't deal with another mean roo! It's so crazy because by 10 weeks, the Welsummer was crowing and no questions he was a male. These guys aren't trying to crow and only make some clucking noises. THey aren't trying to get on the hens, but they are afraid of them!

From what I've heard, you can often keep a bachelor pen of roosters who will get along well if there are no hens in view to fight over. If your younger roos are about 16 weeks, they are probably not sexually mature yet, and the hens are treating them like pullets lower in the pecking order. A dominant older rooster can inhibit/delay crowing and maturation of cockerels, so once your Welsummer goes, you may see some quick changes in your youngsters. I don't think their true temperaments will be revealed until they are closer to 8-10 months.

 

[Diamantine]

I would think it depends on how many hens you have for the 2-3 roosters. I had 4 out of 5 chicks turn into boys last fall. 4 hens, 4 cockerels. LOL!!! They balanced each other out until 6 months when one of the Roos turned on two of the others, exiling them from the hens. We found new homes for the two exiled. Then the same roo turned on the remaining rooster and we found a new home for that underdog, but soon realized we were left with the bossiest roo who was mean to us and the girls. Should have gotten rid of him first. The length of time you can keep them together probably depends on your cockerels' demeanor toward dominancy within the flock

 

[Malissa]

hmmmm. maybe I should eat 2 of them while they are still finger lickin good! (not sure if my kids will allow that!) hahaha I was going to cull one of the hens with the mean rooster...one for the lady teaching and one for me to do at the same time....but I only have 5 hens! So, if the true temperment comes out, I will need to do something about it! The frizzled one is smallest....I think it came from Banty stock....much smaller than the others. Also read the Faverolles tend to be mild tempered so it might be a good one to keep. Plus he's real pretty! Not sure if that will affect his mating though....the other hens are (2) barred rocks, (1) welsummer and (2) EE's. I guess lesson learned....just buy sexed chicks and tell the broodies to stuff it! hahaha My Welsummer sat on the eggs this spring....I bought the 3 eggs from someone else, but my girl also hatched a sex linked from our eggs (Welsummer male over Barred Rock female) which was also a roo! He met an early death when he got out of the nest box at a month old and the big gang pecked him to death! We brooded him solo and he was bonded to us, but his dad was the evil Welsummer so no telling if he would have stayed nice or not. We had one BR egg hatch first but the chick died...I think it came too soon as there was yolk everywhere. That one looked chipmunk striped and would have been a hen! GRRR. Thanks for your tips. And now that I watch all 3.....yep, they prance around differently than the hens do. I think you guys are right....all 3 boys! Glad they haven't found their crowers yet.....they are right outside my bedroom window and a 5am crow off would not excite me!

 

[ozu]

It is funny! I call it Mint green but my son says blue. she has laid three eggs since Sunday. I was hoping for daily eggs but it could be the heat.

Oh cool! (It's cold here LOL)
Lotus laid another egg today. Closer to the second egg she laid, rather than green.

So instead of green we have a blue/green...? So weird how she laid green first.​

 

[Nickeechickee]

Quote: She is a new layer, right? I have noticed that Curry's eggs have gotten lighter than they were she first started. Not quite as dramatic...but I'm wondering if the green one was a fluke? We get a nice light olive one daily from Curry.

 

[ozu]

She is a new layer, right? I have noticed that Curry's eggs have gotten lighter than they were she first started. Not quite as dramatic...but I'm wondering if the green one was a fluke? We get a nice light olive one daily from Curry.

Yep! These three eggs are her first and only eggs she has ever laid. That's what I'm thinking- that the first one was a fluke. Because the last two have been really similar. I'm hoping she lays again tomorrow!