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

[flyjam1979]

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i have an amer./ EE whatever he might be that has the red feathers ( he's 4 weeks about) and i told my hubby he was male, he looks like a red tailed hawk to me, his comb is very pink and he does act different, i thought i was imagining it, thought he was too young for that kinda behavior, i need to look up this coloring thing, if it will help my sexing, thx for the tips

 

[bloom_ss]

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The first is definitely a roo, the second looks like it may be a roo also but I am less sure on that one.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Great thread! I have 15 EE babies that I am trying to sex now!!!

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Ok I looked at mine after reading this thread and now I am worried.... none have the boy coloring yet, but they ALL have pink combs!!!

How likely would it be that I had ALL males???

I'll get pics tomorrow morning...

 

[Lothiriel]

It's possible. Did you hatch them or get them somewhere else? I got 6 straight run last spring and 4 were cockerels.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I hatched them all.

Edited because I have so many I am getting them confused not looking at them...

Ok...

There are 4 Marans babies, which are weird because they have shorter legs than everyone else.

There are 4 new EE's that are too little to sex... 2 blacks and 2 lavs.

There are 2 medium EE babies, one white one black... I know one is a boy and 1 is a girl.

There is 1 big black EE... "in question"... Im leaning towards boy.

There are 3 big Lavender babies, I thought 2 males and one female... but now are "in question"...

There are 2 Partridge EE's "in question".

And 2 buff sexlinked EE's that I know are girls...

Whew!!!

So I need to get pics of the 6 big in question babies tomorrow...

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Ok I got pics this morning; of my six total that hatched, I KNOW that one black and two blue/lavs are boys... these three are in question and I'm afraid they are all boys too.

They are 7 weeks old.


Brown/ Partridge #1:

Brown/ Partridge #2:

Blue/ Lavender #3 smallest and smallest comb of the three:

 

[Lothiriel]

The lavender at least is a pullet. I'm not positive on the other 2, as to me they don't appear definite one way or another. I'm leaning slightly more toward pullets right now, though I may be wrong.

If it helps any, this is one of my EE cockerels at 8 weeks. His comb was like that for at least 2 weeks prior to the photo, and his 3 brothers' were larger.

 

[NinnyGillaspie]

Hey Yall, I just now found this thread, and my 7 1/2 week EE is a toss up. It's a

bout 50/50 whether pullet or cockerel. Any one else want to try? I have no clue.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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Look at that comb. I vote boy.



Anyone else care to guess on my three?