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

[junebuggena]

Boy down below?




Boy?

These are probably all males, considering the amount of comb development they have already.

 

[Saris]

These are probably all males, considering the amount of comb development they have already.

I agree, though I think the top one has a cushion comb, or walnut, it's allover bumpy. Not rows like a pea comb or flat like a rose comb.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

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Do you know what breed the parents were? And age of chicks? Those don't look like pea combs, but they do look pretty large.

 

[Saris]

The chicks were born on the 31st of December. Parents are EE moms, and could be BLRW, Barred Rock, another EE or Black copper Maran.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

To me, some of those combs have a strong Wyandotte influence, and in my very limited experience, those are harder to sex than more typical pea combs. Just turning 3 weeks today, they are pretty young, but male feather coloring might show up by next week, if you can post new pics. Any guess on my part at this point would really just be guessing, even though the combs do look large for the age. Except for maybe the last one, which looks like a male pea comb.

 

[jeanetteiacovon]

These are probably all males, considering the amount of comb development they have already.

what kind is the black one

 

[Saris]

what kind is the black one

The black one is EE, possibly EE mom and Barred Rock Dad.

 

[LadyCluck77]

These three are technically not EE's, they are BBS Ameraucana. But the pea combs are suggesting to me that the black one and the darker blue one are roosters and the slightly lighter blue one is a pullet. They are about 14 and a half weeks.

 

[junebuggena]

These three are technically not EE's, they are BBS Ameraucana. But the pea combs are suggesting to me that the black one and the darker blue one are roosters and the slightly lighter blue one is a pullet. They are about 14 and a half weeks.

The black one has male saddle feathering. The blue one is male also. He's got a darker shade of blue on the wings/shoulder and has male hackle feathers visible.

 

[Cel45]

Yep Chris's post pointed out my mistake in the title! I realized people would think I was asking for help. So I rephrased it. /img/smilies/smile.png Sorry Chris I hadn't meant to sound rude if I did in my correction post