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

[TeamTanZ]

here's a better pic of #3 ... pretty sure she's a pullet

 

[ultraflora]

Thanks Wishing4Wings and curious chickee! Without all the great information on this thread, I wouldn't have known what to look for.
Looking forward to watching them grow up and feather in. What a fun process.

 

[katatonic123]

Everyone here seems so good at this. Anyone want to try the heir hand at these 4 wk old EE silkie crosses? PJ is whit and DJ is the brownish one.

 

[jshreck]

Anyone care to help- the only other black and white EE I had turned out to be a roo. Add the red patches in the wings and I'm a bit paranoid -- the red is minimal and comb isn't pink. Can anyone give me a peace of mind?

 

[curious chickee]

Anyone care to help- the only other black and white EE I had turned out to be a roo. Add the red patches in the wings and I'm a bit paranoid -- the red is minimal and comb isn't pink. Can anyone give me a peace of mind?

Can you get a close up of the comb?

So, I just checked my straight run EE, dang it all three are cockerels, all three have the start of three rows, one obvious, other two one solid row with small bumps on the side, now to see which roo to keep and which become dinner. That will give me a cochin roo and EE roo for our 12 pullets.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

@Wishing4Wings Thank you!!

I really wanted EEs so i was keeping my eye on local papers & the CList ... a guy about 45minutes away(from Saratoga Springs, NY) had them advertised on the CList at 3-4 weeks old. We went to look and did our best to pick what we thought were pullets, hoping for no more then 2 roosters(Magnum & Hawkeye), although it's sounding like we may have a third roo(#1) based on feedback here. If that proves to be true we may be looking to trade #1 for a hen or a meat bird....

Well, you did pretty good then. It's tricky at 4 weeks, and lots of cockerels haven't started developing at all by then.

here's a better pic of #3 ... pretty sure she's a pullet

The comb is a little washed out in the bright light, but the fact that I can't see it well goes with a pullet prediction. This bird would have dark red on the wings if it was a cockerel.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Everyone here seems so good at this. Anyone want to try the heir hand at these 4 wk old EE silkie crosses? PJ is whit and DJ is the brownish one.

Slikies themselves are hard to sex. Some people can tell by the size and shape of the crest, but I don't have the knack, and it may not hold true since they are crosses. You may want to try on a Silkie thread to see if there are any sexing tips. 4 weeks is too young to be sure. Watch the patterned (cuckoo) one for solid white areas coming in on the wings. In crosses, that usually shows up in the males. If the pattern is true cuckoo (or barring), males will not get the white patches. If the pattern stays like it is now, I'd be more inclined to think it's a pullet. The white one... we could flip a coin.

If you could post back in a couple of weeks, we might be able to tell, but would need a good shot of the comb.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Anyone care to help- the only other black and white EE I had turned out to be a roo. Add the red patches in the wings and I'm a bit paranoid -- the red is minimal and comb isn't pink. Can anyone give me a peace of mind?

How old is the bird? Just looking at the color pattern, I suspect a cockerel, but the age matters.

 

[Ruxx]

Hi I just now joined this site in hopes that someone could tell me the gender of this chicken. This is my first time raising chickens and I bought sexed Easter Eggers from the local feed store. I have a feeling based on what I've read that this one may be a rooster.
( he/hopefully she is about 7 1/2 weeks old)


(this last one is from about a week ago)

I live with lots of neighbors so keeping a rooster isn't an option, but this one is incredibly friendly and seeks attention from me so culling him is going to break my heart :<

 

[newmarch2014]

Hi I just now joined this site in hopes that someone could tell me the gender of this chicken. This is my first time raising chickens and I bought sexed Easter Eggers from the local feed store. I have a feeling based on what I've read that this one may be a rooster.
( he/hopefully she is about 7 1/2 weeks old)


(this last one is from about a week ago)

I live with lots of neighbors so keeping a rooster isn't an option, but this one is incredibly friendly and seeks attention from me so culling him is going to break my heart :<

Mixed with Light Brahma it seems, way cute. A close up of the comb would be helpful, are there 3 distinct rows on the comb? There is not much color there and the legs don't look overly thick.