Is Jane a Rochester? 7 week old Easter Egger gender question.

[JanetSmithery]

My Easter Egger is about 7 weeks old. She's still looking pretty straggly as far as the feathering is going, but her tail is especially sparse and I think her comb is getting pink. Can anyone hazard a guess yet? Thank you!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I have no idea... but I love the names! My copy of Jane Eyre is so dog-eared.

Ok, I return you to your regularly scheduled program...

 

[JanetSmithery]

Hah! Yeah, we're going with female characters from 19th century novels with this batch. Jane Eyre, Margaret Hale, Elizabeth Bennet, and Jo and Beth March. It's been awfully fun to say, "Oh, Lizzy, I hope you're not going Darcy on us!" Jo did turn out to be a Laurie. Poor Jane is the only one we're not too sure of yet.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I love the theme! Those are some of my absolute favorite novels. Sorry about Jo, she was always my favorite too.

If it's any consolation my EE girls (who I still think are all girls at 14 weeks) got "pink" combs early but then they stopped developing. I think pink is ok, red is not.

 

[dedicateddourly]

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We have 3 girls that I originally wanted to name Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, so I could collectively refer to them as The Dashwoods. I also like how 'The Musgroves' sounds if I ever had a batch of 2. Husband nixed the idea even though he loves the Emma Thompson version of Sense and Sensibility AND the 6-hour Colin Firth version of Pride and Prejudice

 

[gvntofly05]

It's going to take a few more weeks to determine this one!