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

[Mavabird]

A few weeks ago, you folks said that this is a cockerel. Just posting a new photo, age 12 weeks, to see if you still think so. More comb than my other 2 EEs. Thanks for helping this Newbie!

 

[junebuggena]

A few weeks ago, you folks said that this is a cockerel. Just posting a new photo, age 12 weeks, to see if you still think so. More comb than my other 2 EEs. Thanks for helping this Newbie!

That's a boy alright. He's got his male saddle feathers coming in. They are the thin, pointed, shiny feathers on his back near the base of the tail.

 

[Mavabird]

That's a boy alright. He's got his male saddle feathers coming in. They are the thin, pointed, shiny feathers on his back near the base of the tail.

I thought so, just wanting to verify. He has some gorgeous feathers, very deep red. Too bad he'll have to go.:/

 

[clickdb]

I posted these guys at a week old, they are now about 7 weeks old. They were sold as pullets.
Edward scissorbeak:

Chicoletta:

And Ol' Yeller:

Edward is the only one that looks like it may have three rows of peas, (and has crossbeak) but I'd love to hear what you think about them all!
Thank you!

 

[clickdb]

Also, here's an update on Ducky, now about 17 weeks old. He has the cutest, most pathetic crow, but he sure does try! Still a little on the small side, and his comb is super floppy lol. Thank you guys for helping me when I posted him as a young'un

 

[and-roo]

I know I've posted about this chick and its siblings before, but is this one a pullet or a roo? Its half silkie half EE and it has brown/red leakage but so does its mother, if that makes any difference. The other blue chick is no doubt a rooster and has very dark red leakage and darker blue hackle/saddle feathers and its tail has a more acute angle. Any thoughts?

This is its mother:

 

[and-roo]

The blue chick on the very left in the second pic is the roo

 

[hxchris]

We have six chickens, about 20 weeks old, 2 buffs, 2 RIR, and 2 EEs. The buffs and RIRs are obviously hens, and some even started laying this week!

But our 2 EEs are SO different looking. They're thinner, leaner, different shaped feathers, tail feathers different. The thinner one in particular looks so different, that we're not sure at all if it's a hen? But it's the smallest chicken, and is kinda pushed around by the bigger buffs and RIRs, so the personality doesn't seem right for a rooster -- but the shape and look is so different?

So, can anyone reassure me -- does this brown/black chicken, and the white one (sorry, we couldn't get a good picture of her, she was hiding under their coop and behind one of the buggs), look like hens for sure? I should be able to tell by 20 weeks, I'm assuming, I just have no idea

 

[and-roo]

They both look like pullets. And its normal for some EE's to look different. Easter eggers are essentially a mix of green/blue egg laying chickens, so it makes sense that you would get EEs that look slightly different

 

[hxchris]

It's been interesting to see how different they've turned out -- especially since the kids' favorite started out as this little black ball of fluff, that they named "Fuzzball", and has since turned into this thin, multi colored, chicken who we joke is trying to pass as a hawk (when it looks right at you, its face is just so different than the other chickens!)