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

[JenPrenares]

2 and 3 are definitely girls. 1, you'll have to watch and wait. I had one with a black breast which I was told might be a boy, but as she got older the black dispersed.

That's what I'm thinking! Here's a better shot of Black Beard!

 

[Harmoni]

Any guesses on these 7 ish week old EEs? Also, when do pea combs turn red for roosters in this breed?

At 7 weeks

At 9 weeks

At 12 weeks

 

[JenPrenares]

At 7 weeksView attachment 2691256
At 9 weeksView attachment 2691253
At 12 weeksView attachment 2691261

Oh wow, they could be twins!! Very interesting!! Thanks for the input!!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Any guesses on these 7 ish week old EEs? Also, when do pea combs turn red for roosters in this breed?

EE cockerels are usually showing red by 8 or 9 weeks. I've had some go earlier.

I'll bet your #1 came from the same hatchery as Harmoni's.

 

[Harmoni]

Mom an OE, dad a maran mix. They are 6 weeks old.
Oreo

Cookie

Cookie on the left of my RIL, Oreo on the right

 

[maceleneo]

Hi, my own thread didn't receive many feedbacks, so I'm trying here: 6 weeks old OEXMarans. What do you think? Too early to tell? Thanks for your answers!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Mom an OE, dad a maran mix. They are 6 weeks old.
OreoView attachment 2706992View attachment 2706993

CookieView attachment 2706996View attachment 2706997
Cookie on the left of my RIL, Oreo on the rightView attachment 2707003

Cookie is probably a cockerel with all the red showing. Have to wait on Oreo... could be a pullet, but not sure.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Hi, my own thread didn't receive many feedbacks, so I'm trying here: 6 weeks old OEXMarans. What do you think? Too early to tell? Thanks for your answers! View attachment 2707610View attachment 2707611View attachment 2707612

I think you have to wait. Mixes are harder to tell compared to EEs.

 

[maceleneo]

I think you have to wait. Mixes are harder to tell compared to EEs.

Thanks for replying, but aren't Eeaster Eggers mixes? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I don't know much about breeds, but I thought that all chickens who laid colorful eggs were Easter Eggers!

 

[bruceha2000]

Iffy definition @maceleneo. Legbars lay blue, green or olive eggs but they are not Easter Eggers. In fact they are a recognized breed (which looks nothing like an EE other than they are chickens) where what we typically call an Easter Egger is not.

I think for many of us a "true" Easter Egger (now there is an oxymoron) would be a bird that has the characteristics of an Ameraucana without the color or "breeding true" requirements. That means they will generally have pea combs, beards and muffs. EEs usually have green legs, Ameraucana have slate legs. Ameraucana can only lay blue eggs, EEs can lay most any color though blue to some shade of green is most common.