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

[Momma 2 silkies]

How can you tell if the are girls or boys at this age?

 

[chickengirl1193]

Ohhhh La La!    

my all black."hen" just.crowed so I think.I.got 6 roos and 2 hens lol.

 

[Adorkable]

How accurate are hatcheries at sexing chicks for stores? I have some EE chicks that are about 2 to 3 weeks old and I wanted all pullets and this was the first time I bought chicks from the store. I know that all chicks are hard to sex but I am new to EE's, I usually just raise silkies but my husband wanted a few more blue egg layers. Can you tell by the feathers on their wings or the coloring on them? I can post pictures later.

I can't speak for anyone else, but whenever I've reached into the EE pullet bin at the farm store I always end up with at least 1 cockerel. I usually pick out 3-6 and always get 1 little roo. This has happened about 4 or 5 times

 

[Nambroth]

How accurate are hatcheries at sexing chicks for stores? I have some EE chicks that are about 2 to 3 weeks old and I wanted all pullets and this was the first time I bought chicks from the store. I know that all chicks are hard to sex but I am new to EE's, I usually just raise silkies but my husband wanted a few more blue egg layers. Can you tell by the feathers on their wings or the coloring on them? I can post pictures later.

I suppose it depends on where you get them. Hatchery sexing is supposed to be around 90% accurate, give or take a little. But, and no offense to them but the chain feed stores are worst about this, sometimes straight run chicks get put into the 'pullet' bin on accident. It seems like a lot of the time the store employees don't really know for sure what they are getting or looking at. I have seen this happen pretty often.

 

[Nickeechickee]

How accurate are hatcheries at sexing chicks for stores? I have some EE chicks that are about 2 to 3 weeks old and I wanted all pullets and this was the first time I bought chicks from the store. I know that all chicks are hard to sex but I am new to EE's, I usually just raise silkies but my husband wanted a few more blue egg layers. Can you tell by the feathers on their wings or the coloring on them? I can post pictures later.

I don't know but I've had terrible luck.

My first 4 chicks were EEs, supposedly sexed pullets. One ended up a roo.

My next batch I ordered 16 assorted brown egg layers and split it with a friend. Lucky me ended up with the only roo in that lot too.

Oddly...when I pulled two ducklings out of the straight run bin I managed to grab two girls, LOL.

 

[polarbearpilot]

How can you tell if the are girls or boys at this age?

It's too young right now, but I am leaning girl.

 

[stockedkitchen]

I'm leaning toward girl, also. I look at the wings before I buy at the local feed stores. I try to get the ones with the most feathers on the wings even in the pullets. And cross my fingers.

 

[FVRM]

Puffy cheeks and blue legs!

This one has orange legs and a larger comb

wow they look like pigeons! I want to duplicate these, can you tell me about the parents?

 

[fishermans wife]

How can you tell if the are girls or boys at this age?

There is a thread on sexing EE's which is great. I have a lot of them and can usually tell fairly soon. Girls will feather out faster, get their tail faster, and be have even coloring . Boys will be slower in getting tails, and shoulder feathers, and they will get a more splotchy coloring - more uneven and often red tones, especially on their shoulders and often chest area. this one is still a bit young, but another couple of weeks it should start becoming more apparent!

 

[chickengirl1193]

wow they look like pigeons! I want to duplicate these, can you tell me about the parents?

They.were hatched from eggs I got from @kara1015 I believe they were an amauracana roo over a white leghorn. They are still only 2 months old