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

[turbodog]

Of the 8 EE pullets we got from a local feed store, two were white/black colored.

One, named Lana, looks like this now at 5 weeks:

The other, named Lulu, looks like this at same age:

I amazed that as similar as the looked as chicks, how different they are starting to look feathering-wise.

anyway, I am suspecting our Lulu may be a Lou.

What do y'all think?

 

[billfields]

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I think you are right and I think Lana may be a Larry

Here's my rooster Abajah at 5 weeks...he could kinda be either of them.

 

[turbodog]

Does Abajah have a single pea comb or a triple? Lana has a single pea comb that's still a light pink color. Lulu's comb is a three row pea and is starting to turn a darker pink/red.
I've read various opinions here on the single row/three row argument as far as sexing is concerned. I'm interested in seeing how that plays out here.

Lana's tail is black but Lulu's, while also black, is starting to get iridescent beetle-green feathers coming out. Lana's isn't.
Lulu's also getting brown/red feathers speckling the shoulders and chest, which Lana isn't.
I really don't know if any of these things are sex indicators or just individual differences in two chickens as they get older. I'm definitely interested in opinions.

I'm still going for Lana as a girl and Lulu as a boy. Hoping I should say. I wasn't looking at having an EE roo.

 

[Nigellas]

rincessbroc, I have an EE that looks just like yours. Her name is Opal.

This is a really old photo - she's now got a lot more orange like yours:

 

[billfields]

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Here he is about 15 minuets ago, 7 weeks old yesterday. You can see his comb and you can see the red splashes which have been increasing since he started to feather,

I still think those are 'Bijah's long lost little twin brothers..

 

[princessbroc]

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oh wow, that DOES look like mine! thanks for posting!

 

[turbodog]

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I'll have to post pics of mine in a couple of weeks and see how close to yours mine look at 7 weeks!

 

[GhostRider65]

I posted a couple pictures of my now 13 1/2 week old chicks, can anyone here take a peak and tell me if I have 2 roos and a hen , or 3 out of 3 I picked are roo's.argh
post 4167 .here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=273489&p=417

 

[Azriel]

Can someone tell me if this one is a pullet or roo, she/he is about 9-10 weeks. I have several others that I will try to get photos of in the morning. I can tell my SLW and RIR but these EE's are to hard

 

[HetaChick]

How about my little EE chicky? It's around 6 weeks and has slightly pink visable wattle lines.


Kinda hoping for a roo...