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

[ClintonChickens]

Thank you. I'm so new to chickens! I've never even been around them. I

ordered four in one group from a feed store and all were chimpmuck chicks. And the other 3 still look identical. But this one took a turn to white so it had me worried.

 

[ClintonChickens]

Thank you!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

those are 3 of my picks for roos too. the other that I am on the fence on is the cochin mix one. It acts just like the red roo I had. The way it cocks its head to look up at me, the way it wants to be held and climbs all over me, just like the daddy!

Hope you can post some new pics next week.

 

[RowanTheRed]

Hope you can post some new pics next week.

I try to take weekly photos of the chicks, that way I can see what the start or looking like and end up looking like when I finally know what they are. Hopefully this will help in the future to have a better idea earlier on what they might be. However, it is getting harder to get them to be still long enough to photograph with my phone! I really don't want to get my big camera out of i don't have too lol

 

[carolinasculpture]

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Pullet.. I have one just like it!

 

[ClintonChickens]

Yesterday it had its feathers on its neck raised and was heckling some of the others. Is the sighns of a roo or just pecking order politics?

 

[carolinasculpture]

Yesterday it had its feathers on its neck raised and was heckling some of the others. Is the sighns of a roo or just pecking order politics?

Both sexes will do that some, but the boys more as they get older...

 

[carolinasculpture]

Hello! Well, we ended up with 5 from the 10 eggs we put under the broody. We took pics today thinking we might be able to see from the combs which genders we have. Any thoughts?
They all have EE or EE mix moms except for #5 who’s mom is a leghorn. The first one is dad, an EE, who so far has passed on the green egg gene.
Thank you!

 

[April Barta]

Too soon to tell in my opinion.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

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They all have EE or EE mix moms except for #5 who’s mom is a leghorn. The first one is dad, an EE, who so far has passed on the green egg gene.
Thank you!

Gene for blue shells is dominant, so easy to pass on. Are the rooster's feet okay? Looking a little rough, but hard to tell from the pic. Chicks are adorable, but too young to sex accurately, although on the last one, I think I see the telltale 3 bumpy rows so guessing cockerel on that one. Flip a coin for the others.