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

[lightchick]

Yeah, this one is tricky. He/she is a lavender ameraucana so the feathers are difficult to sex too, they are all wispy and the tail is short and super wispy. The legs are a bit thicker but not as thick as the OE cockerels legs. I really hope its a pullet. All the other Lavender eggs hatched black and this is the last batch of chicks I'm raising this year. I was being patient and didn't plan on even trying to sex this one until at least 10 weeks, but with the fight happening...I'm feeling impatient and worried it is a cockerel.

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My pullets get into little fights and they'll get the same knid of wounds on their beaks,.

 

[jdleston]

Now I am wondering about my black and white EE as most people are saying they are most often Roos Mine is my largest at 5 weeks, so I think she's a she. Yes?

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[jdleston]

She is so pretty! Where did you get her from?

 

[lablover]

Now I am wondering about my black and white EE as most people are saying they are most often Roos

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That pink comb at 5 weeks says boy to me.

 

[KrystalRose]

Now I am wondering about my black and white EE as most people are saying they are most often Roos

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Looks a lot like one of my EEs that I am pretty sure is a boy. He is 6 weeks in the first picture and 8 weeks in the second picture. Starting to get a really pretty green sheen in the black tail feathers, and a very handsome beard! Also is the stockiest of the bunch.

 

[Dianne88]

Looks a lot like one of my EEs that I am pretty sure is a boy. He is 6 weeks in the first picture and 8 weeks in the second picture. Starting to get a really pretty green sheen in the black tail feathers, and a very handsome beard! Also is the stockiest of the bunch.

Mine looks like yours,mine is almost 4 wks. Are all black and white EE's cockerels??

 

[jdleston]

I guess sometimes they get the sexing wrong, huh?

He is really so pretty I don't care. I am hoping my neighbors won't either though...

Your boy is so pretty.

 

[jdleston]

Mine looks like yours,mine is almost 4 wks. Are all black and white EE's cockerels??

Mine looked like yours. Watch this week. Just week 4-5 "he" started to get really pink in his comb...
I didn't know about the black and white mostly being roos until readying this post.
Another thing they say is a roo sigh is the inconsistent feathering patterns... which yours and mine might have...

 

[Dianne88]

I guess sometimes they get the sexing wrong, huh? :cd
He is really so pretty I don't care. I am hoping my neighbors won't either though... 

Your boy is so pretty.

Thanks, I wish I could keep him, I was told his brooder mate (a black silkie) is prob a cockerel also

both will be rehomed.

 

[jdleston]

Looks a lot like one of my EEs that I am pretty sure is a boy. He is 6 weeks in the first picture and 8 weeks in the second picture. Starting to get a really pretty green sheen in the black tail feathers, and a very handsome beard! Also is the stockiest of the bunch.

I guess sometimes they get the sexing wrong, huh?

He is really so pretty I don't care. I am hoping my neighbors won't either though...

Your boy is so pretty.