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

[sandiTX]

Oh thank god lol.

Ok so boredom, hormones and stress can make them pick.

ok, thanks for the info........ Have a great week end, I will be posting more photos....I have 20 EEs but not keeping all, so trying to pick out 6 girls for my grandkids...

 

[MaineiacJay]

any ideas on the EE chicks i posted on the previous page?

 

[crazyhen]

Also lack of protein can make them pull feathers.

 

[subhanalah]

Have you checked them for mites or lice? It could be from irritation as well. Try giving them a mashed up hard boiled egg each every day to help if it's a protein problem. It won't hurt them.

 

[sandiTX]

Have you checked them for mites or lice? It could be from irritation as well. Try giving them a mashed up hard boiled egg each every day to help if it's a protein problem. It won't hurt them.

No mites/lice checked that all ready. Thanks for info on hard boiled egg. I feed them medicated chick starter also.

 

[sandiTX]

Also lack of protein can make them pull feathers.

Thanks

 

[donrae]

any ideas on the EE chicks i posted on the previous page?

I'm sure not seeing anything screaming rooster at this point. They're, what, about 4 weeks old? I'd say post again around 6-8 weeks of age and we'll take another look...those silkie mixes especially can be tough to sex.

If they are all pullets, I want you to kiss my eggs before I set them

If you feel you're getting lost on this monster thread, feel free to just start your own thread next time with updated pics. You might get better responses that way instead of lost in the crowd.

 

[Saerasx]

So I got some excellent pics of my EE, who better be a pullet because I love her too much! Anyway, almost 5 weeks and entering that gawky stage So if you can throw your guesses my way please do!

 

[polarbearpilot]

so my Easter Egger chicks that i hatched last month are feathering in nicely. id like some input on gender. im usually pretty good and im thinking 2 males and 2 females but id like to double check. ive got 5 roosters and i already feel like that is too many (most of my hens have no feathers on their backs or necks =/ ) so i want to make sure i can rehome them early, before i have to move them out to the rest of the flock.

i think they all have silkie in them. the dominant roo is a silkie/black copper maran and all the chicks have feathered legs (except a miracle purebred from the only male wyandotte and 1 of 2 wyandotte hens!). these guys are about 5 weeks old.

im pretty sure this is a male, and shows lots of silkie features, including black skin. i wanted to keep it the moment it hatched but its looking like a roo =( he has a lot fewer feathers than the others and just strikes me as a cockerel. sigh. he has a flat comb so but ive never had luck judging silkies anyways.


this one seems to have female feathering, but the face just says MALE to me. maybe im crazy... cant tell on the pea comb, since it is flat..


this one i think is a pullet. the feathering color and the amount of feathers makes me think that. i cant tell if the comb is 1 row or 3 because its kinda flat... but i dont always trust that since i have a hen with 3 row pea comb.


this one is weird. its got less feathering, like the black one, but the feathering looks like female and its got a very distinct single row pea comb. so i say female

Except for the black silky which I don't know anything about, the rest don't look like roos at this point, more like girls, but that could still change. Please post updated pictures when they are around 6-8 weeks old.

 

[polarbearpilot]

So I got some excellent pics of my EE, who better be a pullet because I love her too much! Anyway, almost 5 weeks and entering that gawky stage So if you can throw your guesses my way please do!

Looks very girly to me.