EE Roo or Pullet?

[lemonlaw]

Thank you HeartMoss for the clarification! Yes, they do both have "splotches" of this color. Darn! Out of 12 eggs, only two hatch and are both roos. Guess I am not the chicken whisperer I thought I was.

 

[donrae]

Another vote for both cockerels, and personally I'm not seeing the Easter egger part, they just look like mixed breed boys to me.

 

[Kev]

By "red" do you mean like an auburn/brown? The pictures are a little off color wise. Alpha's front feathers are a beigey blonde and the back wing feathers are a slate blue, with splotches of beige and cedar brown (what is looking red in the shots) It definitely has a "reddish/orange/brown" look to it, but is certainly not red. Just trying to clarify. Luckily, I have a home for one roo on the ready. Not sure about TWO!!!

For me it is the type of red found on rooster's pyle zones- neck, saddles and wing patches. Probably what some mean by splotchy while they are growing up.

I see little tiny *new* feathers coming out with this kind of "rooster red" on the wings, more of those will eventually come out on the pyle zones. Separate the feather and look for pin feathers and see what type and color are coming up- super shiny, redder with pointy tips- roo.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

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Another vote for both cockerels, and personally I'm not seeing the Easter egger part, they just look like mixed breed boys to me.
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they are EEs they just dont have pea combs.

 

[donrae]

Pea combs, beards, muffs, typical green easter egger legs........I'm not seeing any typical characteristics is what I'm saying. And I know folks love to argue ee can look like anything, and that's true, but there are specific characteristics that are common to the type. Pea combs are pretty strongly linked to the colored eggs, so to me a straight combed non bearded/muffed bird is edging out of easter egger territory to generic mixed breed. Those combs don't even look like they had pea comb in the recent ancestry.

 

[marcusy2j]

looks like an EE Roo!

 

[LovePolish2]

Roosters

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Pea combs, beards, muffs, typical green easter egger legs........I'm not seeing any typical characteristics is what I'm saying. And I know folks love to argue ee can look like anything, and that's true, but there are specific characteristics that are common to the type. Pea combs are pretty strongly linked to the colored eggs, so to me a straight combed non bearded/muffed bird is edging out of easter egger territory to generic mixed breed. Those combs don't even look like they had pea comb in the recent ancestry.

I know the characteristics of EEs . And I don't think an EE can look like anything. But I have EE that has a single comb and lays a pink egg, has a beard, typical EE hen coloring, and green legs.She can from a hatchery. She is still an EE.I know that pea combs are prefered in EEs but sometimes you get ones with strait comb..depending on what they are mixed with.

 

[lemonlaw]

We are at the 6 week point of our chicks. They continue to bring us such happiness each day! Verdict still out on gender, although we are resigning ourselves to "Roos" from your last posts. Are you all still in agreement that these sweet birds are both roos?


Tough Stuff


Alpha


Alpha


Tough Stuff- spoiled chicken loves to sit on the top of my couch and look out the window




So loved, so spoiled. They both fell asleep on my yesterday for a few minutes. had to share this sweet moment.

 

[khoe]

Splotchy red in the feathers and combs are pretty tall, starting to turn pink, so they both look like cockerels

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We are at the 6 week point of our chicks. They continue to bring us such happiness each day! Verdict still out on gender, although we are resigning ourselves to "Roos" from your last posts. Are you all still in agreement that these sweet birds are both roos? Tough Stuff Alpha Alpha Tough Stuff- spoiled chicken loves to sit on the top of my couch and look out the window So loved, so spoiled. They both fell asleep on my yesterday for a few minutes. had to share this sweet moment.

Well, the good news is you don't have to wonder anymore. Bad news, definitely 2 roos ya got there.