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

[Brookshire11]

I'm like a nervous Dad, pacing the halls outside the maternity ward. LOL

HAH! I know! I was like that yesterday when my Barred Rock got in the box or the first time.
Kept cruising by to check on her, and she give me what I'm sure was an annoyed look every time.

She laid he first egg though!

 

[fahad71c]

What breed is my chick??????

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

What breed is my chick??????

Hi there - you may want to go ahead and start your own thread (click "Start a new Thread" rather than 'Post a Reply' ) - that way you can receive more feedback from the board in general vs. just those participating in this EE thread.

 

[Bethel3330]

What is it? Looks huge.

Father is an Ameracauna. Mother was either that or BCM.
It is the biggest of the ones I bought at that time. Another from the same group has feathered legs but this one is clean, so I'm guessing EE.

 

[subhanalah]

I'm like a nervous Dad, pacing the halls outside the maternity ward.  LOL

I sit outside when I wake up every day. When I'm sitting outside the nest box, I wonder if I'm a human rooster or a chicken midwife

 

[Branch Chickens]

I sit outside when I wake up every day. When I'm sitting outside the nest box, I wonder if I'm a human rooster or a chicken midwife

 

[IndigoChicken12]

So I posted a thread with pics of this "girl" and "her" sisters, but since then, this guy has shown more signs of being a rooster. Just wondering what you guys think. It is quite bigger than the other two, and looks a lot different shape-wise. Thanks.

Oh and in the last picture, it is the one on the top, just for size comparison.

 

[Brookshire11]

So I posted a thread with pics of this "girl" and "her" sisters, but since then, this guy has shown more signs of being a rooster. Just wondering what you guys think. It is quite bigger than the other two, and looks a lot different shape-wise. Thanks.

Oh and in the last picture, it is the one on the top, just for size comparison.

How old?

 

[IndigoChicken12]

How old?

They all just turned 6 weeks old on Monday.

 

[missnu01]

I hope everyone doesn't mind if I re-upload some newer shots. Here are my five Easter Eggers, at 6 and a half weeks old. (Not including the Speckled Sussex, who I've uploaded previously.) I've organized them by chicken with a few angles for each. #1. Dark-coloured, I feel pretty certain this is a cockerel. #2. This was the fluffy little grey chick that I really loved and hoped would be a pullet. #3. Another black and white. I thought this was a cockerel when the bubs were young, but s/he is much more petite than the others and seems to have female-type feathering? #4. I am leaning towards pullet for this one, even though it's fairly large. Such beautiful colours! #5. Cockerel...? Comb is quite dark and wide and s/he has rust over wings...

I think 1, 2 & 5 are boys