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

[aoxa]

SERIOUSLY?? Did you my previous post with the white one that has the extremely vertical tail and extremely red comb. It crows.
I was hoping this one was a pullet because it has no orange or red and it has that kind of ombré color pattern. Any other opinions?
Thanks!

I think it's a girl.

I was worried about this one because of all the reading I have been doing about the coloring and other hints at gender. I could be wrong but it looks like it is getting some red showing on its shoulders. Could this be a roo? They are around 11 wks old and not real big combs.

Wow this one is tough.. That is not red in the wings. But the pattern is unusual for what I am used to seeing in pullets. The face is not red enough to worry me for the age. Can you take a straight on shot of the face so I can see the comb? What about legs? Are they thick, skinny?

 

[makluvsanimals]

yes a face shot would really help

 

[PrairieChicks]

I have 5 EEs that are 9 weeks old. They came in a grouping of Heritage breeds as Ameraucanas. After reading through this whole thread, I think 4 of the 5 are roos. Would someone mind confirming or correcting this for me?
# 1 - roo
# 2 - roo
# 3 & 4 - roos? For a while I was hoping the one on the left was a pullet but the brown by the wings and comb make me think roo. Even tho the comb is smaller and not as red as the one on the right. Here's another picture of # 3.

# 5 - pullet

# 5 again - this was at 7 weeks.
If I kept a roo and hatched eggs from him, would there be a chance those hens would lay blue/green eggs? The other pullets from the Heritage package were Brahmas, cochins, Australorps and brown leghorns.
Thanks for your thoughts!

 

[CatMom]

PrairieChicks, looks to me like #1-4 are all male & #5 is probably a hen. if you crossed an EE/Ameraucana roo with a brown-egg laying breed you have a chance at getting "olive-eggers" out of the cross. You would probably get blue or turquoise/green if you put one of the roos over the #5/pullet. ;-)

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

Prariechicks,
I agree with you that only #5 is pullet. If you bred him with brown egg layers, you'll get brown or green eggs out of the resulting offspring. You will only get "real" olive eggs if you breed him with dark brown egg layers. If the offspring are from the white egg layers, they will lay either green or blue (depending on if he has a diluted blue egg gene.)

 

[Katt66]

This is quite an informative thread, thank you all for all the pics and info.

I've recently acquired five Easter Egger chicks from my Aunt. The older 3 are seven weeks old now. And I believe I've got at least one definite hen. The one on the right in this picture:



The one on the left, though I've been in denial I really know in my heart already is a rooster. Am I right? *fingers crossed for hens as the neighbors will NOT allow me to have roosters*

And then there's the third from the original batch. It was pure bright white when it hatched and as it's grown has developed some rusty feathers on it's back that from reading through this thread is making me think rooster as well.




And lastly, there's the two newer chicks, both 3 1/2 weeks old:





I am really praying for at least 2 hens so they have company. If all but one end up being roosters my next area of interest is going to be what to do to keep a single little hen from being lonely I suppose...

 

[quailtrail]

Some more pics hoping to confirm hens???

 

[chickenluver555]

This is quite an informative thread, thank you all for all the pics and info.

I've recently acquired five Easter Egger chicks from my Aunt. The older 3 are seven weeks old now. And I believe I've got at least one definite hen. The one on the right in this picture:



The one on the left, though I've been in denial I really know in my heart already is a rooster. Am I right? *fingers crossed for hens as the neighbors will NOT allow me to have roosters*

And then there's the third from the original batch. It was pure bright white when it hatched and as it's grown has developed some rusty feathers on it's back that from reading through this thread is making me think rooster as well.




And lastly, there's the two newer chicks, both 3 1/2 weeks old:





I am really praying for at least 2 hens so they have company. If all but one end up being roosters my next area of interest is going to be what to do to keep a single little hen from being lonely I suppose...

They all look like roos except for the youngest white one. If you want a for sure female then get a type of sex link or a barred rock or something like that. Don't get rid of them just yet though, because they won't start crowing for a few more weeks, and you want to be sure that they are males or females. Their combs look pretty big and the blotchy dark red on their feathers is what is showing signs of male, but I don't know for sure.

 

[Nickeechickee]

This is quite an informative thread, thank you all for all the pics and info.

I've recently acquired five Easter Egger chicks from my Aunt. The older 3 are seven weeks old now. And I believe I've got at least one definite hen. The one on the right in this picture:

Pretty sure these two are both roosters. The top one looks just like the one I had (see my avatar). He started crowing at 12 weeks and we had him butchered. I was sad because he was lovely! The dark red spots on the white one make me think it is a roo as well.

 

[PrairieChicks]

Thanks for the information, CatMom & RoostersCrow,HensDeliver (re post 1403). I think I'll keep the brown rooster with the tufts and try to hatch a few eggs next spring. See if I can get some blue eggs. Disappointed I only got one hen out of the 5!