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

[bbhorsefly]

Do these look like Cockerels or Pullets? They are 4 months old.

A picture of the black and whites face would really help. I'm going to go with pullet on that one for now though. Carriage and feathers look pullet, even in striking black/white is generally a male look. I'd say it's positive the red is cockerel. That's a male comb in size and color at this age. And his feet and legs also look very large. And everyone knows what they say about big feet....

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Big feet keep you from tipping over!

 

[ibarbidahl]

Just wanted to stop back by for some encouragement. I stalked this board for moths trying to figure out my chick.
This little baby had a very upright tail.
Then around 9 weeks it started to develop a 3 row pea comb. At 12 weeks it began to get some rusty patches... and had some tail feathers that were very long

and the comb was seriously bright red.

But low and behold at just over 20 weeks look at what I've got...

A beautiful pullet who lays some beautiful eggs. (Color is a little off here)

 

[bruceha2000]

So far I have never heard a crow, so as long as he stays quiet or quietish( like not a constant crower) I can keep him. Now just to find him a female of the same breed(he's in with four other females) ha-ha he's such a sweet heart. No clue as to the age I bought him from an auction last week hoping he was a she and I was gonna have blue eggs but he is already a little taller than my oldest chicken (the white one that likes to photo bomb)

Being a bit bigger than your oldest chicken (presuming it is an adult here) doesn't necessarily make it a boy. Since you have no idea how old it is, I'm guessing here but there is the possibility it is closer to laying age than being just a few months old. In that case the red comb would be acceptable

Just wanted to stop back by for some encouragement. I stalked this board for moths trying to figure out my chick.
This little baby had a very upright tail.

Then around 9 weeks it started to develop a 3 row pea comb. At 12 weeks it began to get some rusty patches... and had some tail feathers that were very long


and the comb was seriously bright red.

But low and behold at just over 20 weeks look at what I've got...

A beautiful pullet who lays some beautiful eggs. (Color is a little off here)

A few things:
Congratulations! Thanks for the update with pictures from various ages.
- The 3 row pea comb at 9 weeks would be a worry.
- The redness of the comb at 12 weeks would certainly be a worry. If I had seen only that head shot I would say rooster or laying hen and at 12 weeks, the latter is really, really unlikely (which is why I am attributing the 36g dark brown egg I got today to a 3 Y/O BA and not my 11 week old chicks. But it sure is pullet size!)

BUT - The very uniform blue-gray-white neck feathers say pullet and the red on her back at 12 weeks is not "rooster red" and it isn't the wing bow patchy thing. It is more of the "feather color filling in" sort of thing. I have a white EE with red shading from its head back toward its tail in a similar fashion.

And lastly - only one of those eggs could have come from that hen! A given chicken may lay slightly different shades of whatever color it lays but one that lays brown won't EVER lay blue-green and vice versa. And if she started laying at 20 weeks - Whoo hooo! That is young for most breeds and definitely younger than average for EEs.

 

[ibarbidahl]

She was 1 day shy of 21 weeks, and 2 weeks later my other EE pullet laid as well. They both lay blue - one is a tad more green and it is dull the blue is sky blue and shiny.
The brown egg came from the last hen I had before the 3 pullets began laying. A 3.5 yo barred rock named Campbell's. I didn't mean for it to seem they both came from her.

 

[PoultryQueen101]

ignore who?

Sorry I never answered that. I meant ignore my post. I responded to an old question by accident

 

[PoultryQueen101]

Do these look like Cockerels or Pullets? They are 4 months old.

Just the patchy coloration of the B&W alone steers me towards rooster. Even with the small comb. I've only ever seen EE B&W hens that have barring or look similar to a silver ameraucana hen without the salmon breast. I've never seen one that's white with black primary wing and tail feathers and bright green legs unless it's a rooster. Color can say a lot. But I'm still not 100% positive on it. As for the red, I am positive. Every trait for a common young EE cockerel is there.

 

[newmarch2014]

Just wanted to stop back by for some encouragement. I stalked this board for moths trying to figure out my chick.
This little baby had a very upright tail.
Then around 9 weeks it started to develop a 3 row pea comb. At 12 weeks it began to get some rusty patches... and had some tail feathers that were very long

and the comb was seriously bright red.

But low and behold at just over 20 weeks look at what I've got...

A beautiful pullet who lays some beautiful eggs. (Color is a little off here)

yay! I just got one today, am not sure if it is the dopleganger or her flockmate. Mine are 26 weeks and FINALLY got one.

 

[LeEgg]

So here's my Easter Egger gang, (one might be an ameraucana, I ordered them as a "blue egg layers" bunch, so not sure about breeds, and that doesn't really matter to me)

I'm pretty sure that white and fair ones are pullets, but not 100% sure with darker ones. Any guesses? (the blue one was before "diagnosed" as a pullet here, and I hope she is girl, yet, I don't know why I still feel unsure. Maybe it's just because she's 2 weeks older than others, so she is a bit bigger, and maybe if she is more like an ameraucana than easter egger, there's difference to others. Although, that white one looks a lot like an ameraucana too, but "feels" more like a pullet. Hard to describe.

 

[Saris]

Thanks for all your help, they have both started practicing crowing. ^_^