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

[bpmudgrl]

I just want to cry! I've had them since they were 5 days old. I'm not allowed a roo in the city!

 

[bpmudgrl]

Here's a close up of her face

 

[abserbean]

Def. a roo, , red on wings, big comb, sorry!

 

[boyswillbeboys]

My EE's are 11 weeks now (holy carp) This first one had me going back and forth for quite awhile, but I'm pretty (sadly) sure now it's a roo. The comb is smaller than the other boys, and not as red, the wing feathers were slow coming in this color, they started out much paler, and darkened, but I think the tail now has given away his secret identity. I do have another question thought, I want to know what the base color is called, I have only a few with this base grey, but I've never heard anyone say grey when talking about chickens


This is a pullet with the same base color, they were 'twins' until the roo started to go darker


My first confirmed boy, and this one have the base too.

This one is beautiful, next to no tail though ???




These are my first EE's I'm a little disappointed, final count, I'm 6 roos and 6 pullets, I cannot over winter 7 roos, I have 20 hens and 6 pullets, that means 3 roos max


edit: oh, I also noticed all my pullets have barred feathers, and my roos do not, would this give me a chance of having sex link chicks out of them, or no?

 

[bpmudgrl]

Thank you all for the help.

 

[LadyCluck77]

My EE's are 11 weeks now (holy carp) This first one had me going back and forth for quite awhile, but I'm pretty (sadly) sure now it's a roo. The comb is smaller than the other boys, and not as red, the wing feathers were slow coming in this color, they started out much paler, and darkened, but I think the tail now has given away his secret identity. I do have another question thought, I want to know what the base color is called, I have only a few with this base grey, but I've never heard anyone say grey when talking about chickens


This is a pullet with the same base color, they were 'twins' until the roo started to go darker


My first confirmed boy, and this one have the base too.

This one is beautiful, next to no tail though ???




These are my first EE's I'm a little disappointed, final count, I'm 6 roos and 6 pullets, I cannot over winter 7 roos, I have 20 hens and 6 pullets, that means 3 roos max


edit: oh, I also noticed all my pullets have barred feathers, and my roos do not, would this give me a chance of having sex link chicks out of them, or no?

For your gray pattern question, the gene is considered a dilution of black, or double carry of Splash- and usually called blue- The most informative website I have found is here: http://kippenjungle.nl/basisEN.htm
Scroll down to where it mentions blue- she explains it much better than I can. There is even a calculator to see what you can expect and whether you can make sexlinks when you breed any types of chicken- I have been spending a lot of time on this site!

 

[boyswillbeboys]

thank you very much

 

[Shahans]

Can anyone help determine whether my chicks are roos or pullets? Bought them from TSC on 4/27 but believe they were older when I bought them. Possibly 7 to 8 weeks? And we're labeled as ameraucana. I'm hoping what I'm reading about feather patterns means these are both pullets.

 

[abserbean]

Can anyone help determine whether my chicks are roos or pullets? Bought them from TSC on 4/27 but believe they were older when I bought them. Possibly 7 to 8 weeks? And we're labeled as ameraucana. I'm hoping what I'm reading about feather patterns means these are both pullets.

Look like pullets to me, very pretty birds!

 

[mama2molly]

Second that! They're beautiful!