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

Thanks!
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I wish they were all pullets because seeing all their colors together is really neat. I'm surprised I ended up with as much variety as I did. Though, that isn't helpful if half of them are roosters!
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I am thinking 5 and 6 are roos. The rest don't really have patchy coloring or anything that say roo.
 
Love the pics of your EE's. It's been a while since I posted any pics of my EE's. I just had one of my girls, black/blue and no beard or muffs, go broody this spring. I have two Mille Fleur d'Uccle roos doing the fertilizing of the eggs. I now have feathered legs and feet with all the good qualities of EE's. The hens will lay most likely olive green eggs since MFd"Uccles lay brown eggs. I also have Buff Orpington eggs that were fertile that hatched out and have muffs/beards/feathered legs as well.
 
Thanks!
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I wish they were all pullets because seeing all their colors together is really neat. I'm surprised I ended up with as much variety as I did. Though, that isn't helpful if half of them are roosters!
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Like others have said, #5 and #6 look to be sure roos. #2 looks to be sure pullet. The rest needs more time, but I suspect you will have at least 1 more roo.
 
Like others have said, #5 and #6 look to be sure roos. #2 looks to be sure pullet. The rest needs more time, but I suspect you will have at least 1 more roo.

:( How'd I end up 50/50? Oh well, guess that just means I get to replace them later. :p

Thanks for the input everyone! New pictures in a few more weeks, then?

@ Sunflower: You should post pics, I'd love to see your guys!
 
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How'd I end up 50/50? Oh well, guess that just means I get to replace them later.
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Thanks for the input everyone! New pictures in a few more weeks, then?

@ Sunflower: You should post pics, I'd love to see your guys!
I will take some pics and post. They are too cute and very interesting since their dads are Mille Fleur d"Uccle. The gene that causes beard/muffs and feathering on legs is dominant I guess. The only chick that did not get the beard/muff was the egg that the the Ameraucana hen, my black/blue coloring - hatched from blue egg hen, laid. She is sitting on two eggs again, which is what I am allowing her to have. This is twice since spring.The first hatch was 9 babies and 7 remain. She leaves them at 5 weeks of age. Which is when she begins to lay eggs again. I am going to have more chickens than I need and my husband is having a hissy fit trying to redo the existing coop to accommodate the new babies. My buff orpington hen went broody too. I let her sit on eggs and only two hatched, a buff baby and an EE baby. There is 4 nest boxes to accommodate 17 hens, but everyone prefers the one and they sit on top of the broody while she is sitting on her eggs. Hence, the broody collects more eggs.
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LOL This is the first year that I have hens go broody. I will make a wire bottom box to break the broody hens next season. I will have to figure out what to do with my roos that come out of these hatches. I cannot keep them but I don't want them eaten either. Right now I have thinking two roos and five hens. But that remains to be seen. I had a hawk take one right in front of me while my dog was standing there. He dropped out of the sky with a thud and sprung back in the air with baby chirping in talons. UGH! I'm scarred for life.
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Anyway, when I get home I will take some pics and post.
 
I will take some pics and post. They are too cute and very interesting since their dads are Mille Fleur d"Uccle. The gene that causes beard/muffs and feathering on legs is dominant I guess. The only chick that did not get the beard/muff was the egg that the the Ameraucana hen, my black/blue coloring - hatched from blue egg hen, laid. She is sitting on two eggs again, which is what I am allowing her to have. This is twice since spring.The first hatch was 9 babies and 7 remain. She leaves them at 5 weeks of age. Which is when she begins to lay eggs again. I am going to have more chickens than I need and my husband is having a hissy fit trying to redo the existing coop to accommodate the new babies. My buff orpington hen went broody too. I let her sit on eggs and only two hatched, a buff baby and an EE baby. There is 4 nest boxes to accommodate 17 hens, but everyone prefers the one and they sit on top of the broody while she is sitting on her eggs. Hence, the broody collects more eggs.
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LOL This is the first year that I have hens go broody. I will make a wire bottom box to break the broody hens next season. I will have to figure out what to do with my roos that come out of these hatches. I cannot keep them but I don't want them eaten either. Right now I have thinking two roos and five hens. But that remains to be seen. I had a hawk take one right in front of me while my dog was standing there. He dropped out of the sky with a thud and sprung back in the air with baby chirping in talons. UGH! I'm scarred for life.
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Anyway, when I get home I will take some pics and post.
I take my roosters that I don't want to the local auction. We used to butcher them, but a friend told me about this auction and my pap took me. He sends his pigs there every week. We went not to long ago and I got a pretty good amount of money back for 7 of them. I was happy with that.
 
Hi, I have this little batam EE that is almost 4 weeks old. I believe he is a he and his blue egg gene comes form a cream Legbar. He has a slight chipmunk look to him with a white spot on his head but the egg he came from was more green than blue. I will post pics of him and his egg that he came from. I will also post a recent pic but will have to do it in a reply post, my phone will only let me attach one pic at a time
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Hi, I have this little batam EE that is almost 4 weeks old. I believe he is a he and his blue egg gene comes form a cream Legbar. He has a slight chipmunk look to him with a white spot on his head but the egg he came from was more green than blue. I will post pics of him and his egg that he came from. I will also post a recent pic but will have to do it in a reply post, my phone will only let me attract one pic at a time
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This is him now, what are your thoughts???
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