EE...male or female?

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hdbrat84 said:
I was wondering if anyone might be able to tell if mines a boy too??? They are about 3 weeks old and only one has bumps on the 'comb'...I'm new I don't know if that's what it really is or not?



He or she is the only one that will actually hop in my hand when I stick my hand in the brooder. I have 3 EE that are 3 weeks old and the other two are a little skiddish still even tho we pick them up ALOT my 4 year old thinks they are the greatest little things EVER. My 2 year old son actually picked this one out when we got them and he named him Jake ( he is a huge Jake and the neverland pirates fan) I laughed and thought that would be funny calling a hen Jake.....not so funny now that I'm thinking the name might actually fit. We were hoping for all girls since I do have two very young children that love to scream and run around the yard like crazy hooligans!! I guess I'm scared a roo might attack please help if you can I know they are young to tell the sex but I was wondering if someone that was experienced could give me there input

Thank you
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Your chick is too young to tell gender. If you post new photos of it when it is at least 8 weeks old, though, we should be able to help sex it then.

Good luck!
 
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Thank you!! I cant wait to see what they look like when they get bigger!! I will post pics in a few weeks
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hdbrat84 said:
I was wondering if anyone might be able to tell if mines a boy too??? They are about 3 weeks old and only one has bumps on the 'comb'...I'm new I don't know if that's what it really is or not?



He or she is the only one that will actually hop in my hand when I stick my hand in the brooder. I have 3 EE that are 3 weeks old and the other two are a little skiddish still even tho we pick them up ALOT my 4 year old thinks they are the greatest little things EVER. My 2 year old son actually picked this one out when we got them and he named him Jake ( he is a huge Jake and the neverland pirates fan) I laughed and thought that would be funny calling a hen Jake.....not so funny now that I'm thinking the name might actually fit. We were hoping for all girls since I do have two very young children that love to scream and run around the yard like crazy hooligans!! I guess I'm scared a roo might attack please help if you can I know they are young to tell the sex but I was wondering if someone that was experienced could give me there input

Thank you
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Unfortunately, this chick isn't as easy to sex. It's comb is a single comb, instead of a pea comb. With pea combed breeds, often three rows in the comb mean male. But, with a single comb, you can't tell that early. I'd watch the comb for signs of reddening, especially before 6 weeks old. This usually indicates a male. Temperament isn't a great indicator of gender, so I'd discount that for now.
 
Hey Jake is about 8-9 weeks old now I was wondering if you could give it another whirl and try and guess the sex of my pretty little EE??



There is a lady here on backyard chickens that has an EE that I thought jake might look like when s/he gets older so I contacted her and she said that her chicken was a female. I know that EE can be feather sexed so I am hoping that Jake is a female like hers this is her chicken
 
Hello everyone, I am brand new to the site and I'm a goofball that can figure out how to make a new thread. So I hope u guys don't mind me just posting along urs. I'm very new the chickening like 2 months in. And very addicted. When we picked out our hens we decided to get a varity of breeds. We decided on 2 EE and picked out 2 very cute Pullets. But as they come closer to laying time I am seeing some pretty Roo like features and behaver. She/he has been mounting another hen. Wasn't sure if that was a domance thing in hens much like dogs??? And other things are leading me to believe we might have a Roo here. With us living in a suburb we are not allowed to have Roosters and have VERY grumpy people living next to us. Can someone PLZ tell me what I have here by looking at my pictures. Thank you much.
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