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

[Wishing4Wings]

kara, the comb is pretty pale. I think you have a chance for a pullet here. The comb will pink up in a week or two if it's a cockerel.

 

[SA Farm]

kara, the comb is pretty pale. I think you have a chance for a pullet here. The comb will pink up in a week or two if it's a cockerel.

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[kara1015]

kara, the comb is pretty pale.  I think you have a chance for a pullet here.  The comb will pink up in a week or two if it's a cockerel.

Well, that would be wonderful!

 

[chickengirl1193]

Those are such pretty birds!
When did their muffs come in, if you don't mind me asking?
Mine lost theirs with their chick fuzz, and haven't grown them back yet at 5 weeks.

Thanks! They actually hatched from eggs from @kara1015! They have had their muffs since they hatched and they have just grown in bigger.

 

[kara1015]

Thanks! They actually hatched from eggs from @kara1015! They have had their muffs since they hatched and they have just grown in bigger.

I love those puffy cheeks!!!

 

[stockedkitchen]

Do EE's have a different call than other chickens? Pete is about 3 months and make a call that is somewhere between a cuckoo, a crow and their normal cluck. The EE has done it for more than a month, now. I know, rooster coming into their crow are hilarious, having had a few. Pete sounds nothing like it, tho. I don't know what Pete is, yet. I find when I name they come up the opposite sex, so...

So here is a link to youtube. If someone can tell me if Pete is just a weird chicken or if this is the "breed". The box their are in is about 18 sq ft so it looks small it's the angle of the shot. It's still a bit cold to put them out so they are in my living room. Pete does this a few times a day. 4-6 times in a row, it's so cute but I have never heard a bird sound like this. Pete does cluck also. I thought for a while it was one of the bantams in with Pete but I caught "him" doing it the other day. The bantams are still peeping. Pete I was thinking "he" was a he till the clucking started.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

At 12 weeks, Pete looks (and sounds) like a cockerel.

His comb is very red and looks large for a pullet. Looks like a pretty typical EE.

(I also noticed a little cockerel in your batch of younger chicks.)

 

[Nickeechickee]

Sounds like a beginning crow to me.

 

[Katt66]

So here is a link to youtube. If someone can tell me if Pete is just a weird chicken or if this is the "breed". The box their are in is about 18 sq ft so it looks small it's the angle of the shot. It's still a bit cold to put them out so they are in my living room. Pete does this a few times a day. 4-6 times in a row, it's so cute but I have never heard a bird sound like this. Pete does cluck also. I thought for a while it was one of the bantams in with Pete but I caught "him" doing it the other day. The bantams are still peeping. Pete I was thinking "he" was a he till the clucking started.

That is the cutest thing!

 

[stockedkitchen]

I sort of thought that, also. He started it at about a month and a half old and it hasn't changed at all. I have a few roosters and it is funny the first few days, weeks when they start around puberty but he was so young. Plus this hasn't changed except maybe to get a bit louder. lol