EE babies are 10 1/2 weeks now here are the two I am not sure about sex yet anyone??

[drumstick diva]

me too

 

[Gorman Farm]

Well I suppose I will give them a few more weeks and if they are all cockerels I will choose the one I like best and sell the other two.
I just have too small of a flock to have three roosters. Luckily I live in the country so I can keep one. EE's are popular here so I should be able to re-home them easily enough. I did want a rooster so I can continue with my EE's.
I really appreciate the comments and advice I receive here. Thank you.

 

[StarMeKritten]

Well I suppose I will give them a few more weeks and if they are all cockerels I will choose the one I like best and sell the other two.
I just have too small of a flock to have three roosters. Luckily I live in the country so I can keep one. EE's are popular here so I should be able to re-home them easily enough. I did want a rooster so I can continue with my EE's. 
I really appreciate the comments and advice I receive here. Thank you.

The pea combed ones are more likely to have blue or green egg laying offspring than the ones with the single combs. Just something to consider when you are deciding which to keep.

 

[Gorman Farm]

Interesting. So does the colored egg gene come from both parents or just one?
I know one of the (unrelated to chicks) EE's I have is an EE hen cross with a mixed rooster brown egg layer and she lays pretty green eggs.
I am guessing that means that get the colored egg ability from both sides? Thanks for the advice.

 

[QueenMisha]

Interesting. So does the colored egg gene come from both parents or just one? 
I know one of the (unrelated to chicks) EE's I have is an EE hen cross with a mixed rooster brown egg layer and she lays pretty green eggs.
I am guessing that means that get the colored egg ability from both sides? Thanks for the advice.

The blue egging gene is an autosomal dominant, so it can come from either parent.

A green egg is what happens when a chicken has both blue and brown egg genes. In this case the mother of your hen was either a blue or green egger and she passed the blue egging gene down to her daughter. There are many different genes for brown shell color, so she may have inherited some from each parent as well.

 

[Gorman Farm]

Here are the latest pics of the 3 chicks I hatched that you all concurred were roosters. I am preparing to sell two of them but I just want to make sure since no spurs or crowing yet. They are approx 15 weeks old.



They above two pictures are of the one I thought was a hen and the board members thought was a rooster. The other two have developed tail feather that are indicative of a rooster tail but this one has not. See other two below.


These two have the tail feather that faces down on the end of their tails. They also strut like roosters.
Just wanna make sure before I let two go...Thanks

 

[junebuggena]

Here are the latest pics of the 3 chicks I hatched that you all concurred were roosters. I am preparing to sell two of them but I just want to make sure since no spurs or crowing yet. They are approx 15 weeks old.



They above two pictures are of the one I thought was a hen and the board members thought was a rooster. The other two have developed tail feather that are indicative of a rooster tail but this one has not. See other two below.


These two have the tail feather that faces down on the end of their tails. They also strut like roosters.
Just wanna make sure before I let two go...Thanks

The first one is iffy. Could be a late maturing cockerel, might be a pullet. The last picture shows two cockerels for sure.

 

[Gorman Farm]

Ugh so confusing......I really wanna sell two if they are all roosters, but first I gotta make sure........how much longer before I can be 100% sure?

 

[Eps32]

Golly I hope not...she is marked just like another EE hen I have.....oh boy if I got three cockerels out of three that would not be good. I only have 6 other hens....

Well at least you'll have two nice dinners.

 

[Gorman Farm]

EEs are pretty popular here I plan on selling two of the boys at the local farm sale.