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

[catmage]

I have another mysterious red chick to add. S/he was bought as a pullet, and is about 4.5 weeks old. S/he is taking absolutely forever to feather out! S/he has a lot of red feathers on her chest and wings. She is also much heavier than her sis. Pretty much no tail. Pics are hard to get because she is spooked by me no matter how much we handle her. She is on the left in all these pics.

opinions? Is she a She-ra or He-man?

 

[BY_Flock]

I have another mysterious red chick to add. S/he was bought as a pullet, and is about 4.5 weeks old. S/he is taking absolutely forever to feather out! S/he has a lot of red feathers on her chest and wings. She is also much heavier than her sis. Pretty much no tail. Pics are hard to get because she is spooked by me no matter how much we handle her. She is on the left in all these pics.

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[BY_Flock]

I am not a an expert but don't see anything at this point screaming roo but for sure too early more time needed but they are cute.

 

[catmage]

I am not a an expert but don't see anything at this point screaming roo but for sure too early more time needed but they are cute.

Thank you. I'll post more pics in a few weeks. She is extremely timid so I'm really hoping a pullet. I started getting worried when she was slow to feather, more worried because her tail was stumpy, and then the red..

I've never had easter eggers before haha

 

[jwebs94]

Some days I convince myself that my 8 are all hens... then somedays I'm sure they are all roosters This thread has me all crazy. I have two EEs that are massive. I thought for sure one or both of them would be a roo. (I ordered all pullets ) But now I'm leaning toward them just being big aggressive girls. The smallest one that I thought for sure was a girl.... Well... See the black and white one (Marshall) ... What do you all think?
And the second photo is Charlie, who I thought was a girl... but is that what you call blotchy? I'm worse about this than I was waiting to see what sex my kids were going to be, LOL. I Don't have good photos of the others. They don't hold still

I have 5 EEs and 3 Speckeled Sussex. One of the sussex has a pinker comb than the others and more white on his/her breast.
I don't know what to think... lol I just read today that the comb on male EEs tend to be three rows vs 1. I'll have to go get a better look at their combs. They were 7 weeks Monday.

 

[debid]

Some days I convince myself that my 8 are all hens... then somedays I'm sure they are all roosters This thread has me all crazy. I have two EEs that are massive. I thought for sure one or both of them would be a roo. (I ordered all pullets ) But now I'm leaning toward them just being big aggressive girls. The smallest one that I thought for sure was a girl.... Well... See the black and white one (Marshall) ... What do you all think?
And the second photo is Charlie, who I thought was a girl... but is that what you call blotchy? I'm worse about this than I was waiting to see what sex my kids were going to be, LOL. I Don't have good photos of the others. They don't hold still View attachment 1346730 View attachment 1346731
I have 5 EEs and 3 Speckeled Sussex. One of the sussex has a pinker comb than the others and more white on his/her breast.
I don't know what to think... lol I just read today that the comb on male EEs tend to be three rows vs 1. I'll have to go get a better look at their combs. They were 7 weeks Monday.

The first is definitely a pullet. Can you get a picture showing the comb on the second? The coloring is one of those that can go either way over the next couple molts.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Some days I convince myself that my 8 are all hens... then somedays I'm sure they are all roosters This thread has me all crazy. I have two EEs that are massive. I thought for sure one or both of them would be a roo. (I ordered all pullets ) But now I'm leaning toward them just being big aggressive girls. The smallest one that I thought for sure was a girl.... Well... See the black and white one (Marshall) ... What do you all think?
And the second photo is Charlie, who I thought was a girl... but is that what you call blotchy? I'm worse about this than I was waiting to see what sex my kids were going to be, LOL. I Don't have good photos of the others. They don't hold still View attachment 1346730 View attachment 1346731
I have 5 EEs and 3 Speckeled Sussex. One of the sussex has a pinker comb than the others and more white on his/her breast.
I don't know what to think... lol I just read today that the comb on male EEs tend to be three rows vs 1. I'll have to go get a better look at their combs. They were 7 weeks Monday.

The silver one (Marshall) is a pullet.
I think Charlie is also a pullet, but need to see comb for confirmation. I had 2 of these new red/white EEs that seem to be coming out lately... one male and one female. The male's red was a brighter color and more concentrated on the wing. Charlie looks more brown/red and not concentrated.

I can't find my pics of the red/white cockerel, but here's another for comparison. This was a very light yellow sexed pullet EE chick... I was hoping for a white EE hen.

 

[jwebs94]

I will try to get better photos later. Barely a bump of a comb for any of the EEs if I rememer correctly --even my big girls, so I suppose they are all pullets. I have two that color also, the red/white. And two that are that brown and grey color, those are the big girls (one of them is in the forground of this photo, not sure how else to describe their color). They don't really look bigger in this photo I suppose. And Marshall. I DID want all hens... but now there's a part of me that hopes at least one of my SSs is a Roo

 

[debid]

I will try to get better photos later. Barely a bump of a comb for any of the EEs if I rememer correctly --even my big girls, so I suppose they are all pullets. I have two that color also, the red/white. And two that are that brown and grey color, those are the big girls (one of them is in the forground of this photo, not sure how else to describe their color). They don't really look bigger in this photo I suppose. And Marshall. I DID want all hens... but now there's a part of me that hopes at least one of my SSs is a Roo
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I'd rather get the pullets I ordered and add a cockerel from a local breeder who has no need for him once the ladies have reached maturity. Cheap to free quite often if you ask locally...

 

[jwebs94]

I grabbed some screen shots off of a video a recorded yesterday. Here are a couple of Charlie's face. lol Love that face! Barely a comb... and with the size they are at 7.5 weeks old I'd guess the combs would be a dead giveaway by now?
The next pic is my other white/red EE named Blue.
The last pic... that is Delta (upper right of the frame), one of the bigger, aggressive ...pullets? I see a bit of blotchy on the breast? Maybe I'm seeing things.