First time EE owner

[chickenfanatic]

i raise e.e. almost exclusively they are always a pain to distinguish. hahaha. last pic lookks like it could be a roo but to really tell u have to wait a lil look at the saddle annd tail feathers i have found thats really the best way. keep us posted hahaha but as i see it the rest look like pullets it is a guarentee though

 

[averytds]

I swear mine were close to 6mnths before I felt confident enough to officially call it. Looking at some old pics, they looked the same forever.

 

[crooked stripe]

They are all so flighty it is hard to tell. The one in the last pic charges me when I feed and water them.

 

[sherrydeanne]

The last one would be my guess as well; his comb will probably get redder within a week or so.

 

[Bluemoon420]

Your last one looks rooish. So hard to tell.

Guess my merlin needs his name changed

I swore I saw him/her/it trying to crow

Hopefully, I have a roo in the younger bunch. I just want one...

Bluemoon

 

[Biddieacres]

pretty sure the last one is a roo. As it was mentioned keep an eye on the saddle and tail feathers.

 

[~*Sweet Cheeks*~]

I'm curious about my two 7 wk olds. I'm just so surprised about how much they change. Mine started out looking like the chipmunks and now have a lot of white, black and grey. Oh - what is the saddle?

Attached pic at one week, 5 1/2 weeks and last night at 7 wks. Only 1 of my 10 chicks have the pea comb and that is the lighter EE who gave a funny squack last week and I thought maybe it was trying to crow but no squack since.

1 week

5 1/2 wks - pea comb on left

pea comb chick 7 wks

Eating grass last night (4-8-09) EE's are on the left and top right

 

[embkm]

My Ameracauna chicks (well, they are from the feed store so I guess they are EE's) are all different sizes. I have 2 pullets and a cockeral. The roo is much bigger than his girls and he stands more upright than the girls. They are 4 weeks old. But as far as comb or physical difference, I wouldn't be able to tell them apart if I didn't buy them sexed and the roo was marked.

 

[chick4chicks]

Congrats on the EE's. I love mine, out of my first 6 which were supposed to all be pullets I got one cockerel. He is gorgeous. The other 3 I got are pullets. They will soon be a year old and their eggs are very pretty.

 

[~*Sweet Cheeks*~]

Do you have any pictures you could post?