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

[Sunflower3628ac]

Greetings,

I have been reading threads about sexing my EEs for a while and still can not make up my mind on this red one. s/he is about 10.5 weeks. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

She/He could be a rooster. Comb is redish at a young age. Just saying...don't be too surprised when it starts crowing. Wing feathers on the shoulders are dark red too. Just my opinion.

 

[my sunwolf]

Greetings,

I have been reading threads about sexing my EEs for a while and still can not make up my mind on this red one. s/he is about 10.5 weeks. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Looks like a red pullet to me. Give him/her a few more weeks and then look and see if the pointed hackle and saddle feathers have developed.

 

[Manokman]

She/He could be a rooster. Comb is redish at a young age. Just saying...don't be too surprised when it starts crowing. Wing feathers on the shoulders are dark red too. Just my opinion.

S/he does have a more developed comb than the other two I got along with it. But I have not seen any sigh of three rows.

Looks like a red pullet to me. Give him/her a few more weeks and then look and see if the pointed hackle and saddle feathers have developed.

I hoping pullet as well. Thank you for the input. S/he has a sweet temperament but I live within city limits that do not allow Roos. It would be a shame to have to give it away. Thanks again

 

[polarbearpilot]

Greetings,

I have been reading threads about sexing my EEs for a while and still can not make up my mind on this red one. s/he is about 10.5 weeks. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

My guess is that it's a rooster. In the first picture, you can see the tall stance and wide/high shoulders, very different from the hen next to him. In addition, the tail feathers are growing long and curvy. I would be surprised if it turned out to be a hen.

As for the 1 row comb, my rooster has only 1 row, too.

 

[SA Farm]

Greetings,

I have been reading threads about sexing my EEs for a while and still can not make up my mind on this red one. s/he is about 10.5 weeks. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The feathering looks henlike to me, but I think s/he's just one of those birds where it's just super hard to tell until you get the hackle/saddle feathers proving one way or the other. I had one that had every sign pointing to hen and she turned out to be a roo with a single comb smaller than the other roos in the same hatch and everything.

 

[Manokman]

The feathering looks henlike to me, but I think s/he's just one of those birds where it's just super hard to tell until you get the hackle/saddle feathers proving one way or the other. I had one that had every sign pointing to hen and she turned out to be a roo with a single comb smaller than the other roos in the same hatch and everything.

Thanks, Kathryn P. I'm still hoping its a her and will keep an eye on the hackle/saddle feathers for definite confirmation.

My guess is that it's a rooster. In the first picture, you can see the tall stance and wide/high shoulders, very different from the hen next to him. In addition, the tail feathers are growing long and curvy. I would be surprised if it turned out to be a hen.

As for the 1 row comb, my rooster has only 1 row, too.

I'm leaning that way too, polarbearpilot. Seems everyday it looks more and more Roo, and the 1 row to the comb was really throwing me off. Thanks

 

[gander007]

Alright great picks

 

[Aaron Young]

Can any of these be sexed??

 

[ChickenFox]

Can any of these be sexed??

Most black and white EE chicks turn out to be male so the odds aren't good for the top 3 being girls. The top one especially looks like my Roo when he was 5 wks. Still too young to be sure either way though.

 

[shmccarthy]

Most black and white EE chicks turn out to be male so the odds aren't good for the top 3 being girls. The top one especially looks like my Roo when he was 5 wks. Still too young to be sure either way though.

I agree about being too young but the black and white color patterns for male and female EEs tend to be pretty different, IMO. I hatched an EE hen that looks exactly like the first one. They still can't be 100% sexed at this age still because anything can happen.

5 days old

4 weeks old

20 weeks old