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

[Wishing4Wings]

Quote: Thank you for the compliment, but junebuggena is the real pro. I have learned so much from her. Maybe she will chime in on this one. It's got me confused for sure.

 

[cluckinhill]

I will repost for sure! This little thing has been confusing for many...not just you! Thank you!!

 

[junebuggena]

This has a little better lighting

and thank you for the welcome! This site has been wonderful to learn from!

This one needs another week or two. Not sure either way.

 

[bruceha2000]

Thank you for the compliment, but junebuggena is the real pro. I have learned so much from her. Maybe she will chime in on this one. It's got me confused for sure.

Be modest if you like but you are on my short list of people I trust to be pretty accurate in sexing EEs at an appropriate age based on hundreds (many hundreds???) of "guesses".

 

[TravelingWillow]

@Wishing4Wings
Remember Saga? You said pullet @ 7 weeks & again at 10 weeks. You were right! She laid her first little green egg on Saturday @ 22 weeks!


This is Saga. She was hatched on 08Feb.
7 weeks-

10 weeks:

Latest UPDATE PICS@ 22 weeks

white store bought/ Saga's 1 green, 1 blue-green / the various browns of her BR brooder mate Aesa who started laying exactly one week ago!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

@Wishing4Wings
Remember Saga? You said pullet @ 7 weeks & again at 10 weeks. You were right! She laid her first little green egg on Saturday @ 22 weeks!

Congrats on the first egg! She is so pretty. I love those neck feathers!
I bought 2 sexed EE chicks for a broody to raise this summer, hoping to get that color. One of them is a cockerel.

We could tell at 4 weeks, so will not get attached like we did the first time it happened. Never buying 2 EEs again. Just tempting fate!

 

[crollo]

Hello. I am begging for some help here. We live in the city, next door to some grouchy neighbors, and both of these birds are making a crowing sound..... This is our first time to have chickens, so we have a lot to learn. I have read quite a bit in this thread, but it seems the more I read, the more confused I get. Can someone please help up identify if Ren (the brown and grey one) and Buttercup (the white one) are roosters or hens? They are approximately 13-15 weeks old. I appreciate your help, very much.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Hello. I am begging for some help here. We live in the city, next door to some grouchy neighbors, and both of these birds are making a crowing sound..... This is our first time to have chickens, so we have a lot to learn. I have read quite a bit in this thread, but it seems the more I read, the more confused I get. Can someone please help up identify if Ren (the brown and grey one) and Buttercup (the white one) are roosters or hens? They are approximately 13-15 weeks old. I appreciate your help, very much.

Just based on the combs, they both look like cockerels. A full side view of each bird would confirm it.

 

[Kiki]

If they are both making the crowing sounds shouldn't that mean they are both roosters?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

If they are both making the crowing sounds shouldn't that mean they are both roosters?

Yes.

I misread it. Thought only one was crowing.