Lavender EE - What do we think of that tail?

[kattabelly]

Tail feathers looking curled/curved/swoopy or just sticking out a really long way is also something that often happens when they're just about to lose those feathers in a juvenile moult.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Interesting
I know I've seen some black sex link pullets/hens that have a few stray tail feathers that look rooster-y, but didn't know that was noticed in EE as well.

I think it was an Ameraucana thing that transferred to EEs thing.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Look at your super cute speckled sussex!!!! Im getting 3 of them this summer, I just love their patterns and how chubby they are!

Tessa is her name, very girly, but her voice sounds like she smokes three packs a day and washes them down with a fifth of bad whiskey.

And her chubbiness is now leading me to call her Tessa the Tank!!

 

[FrostRanger]

Thats true haha! that seems to be a cross species tell cause I definitely never shut up either

Also thats good to know! She's my first easter egger so I knew her traits could potentially be all over the place but didnt know thats common in EE. I probably wont hatch her eggs since I've got my sights on a bunch of my other hens for that so won't really have to worry about it in future batches but I'm sure as stuff starts getting all barnyard mixy I'll have more of that so will definitely keep in mind!

Yeah, I can confirm this. In my first batch of chicks, Sage (bird in my profile pic) had me guessing as she had a very curvy tail at around 10 weeks. She ended up being a she and if I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have been questioning her to begin with as she had a female specific color pattern. She should have been the least questionable of the bunch. Of my current girls, they had wild tails too but at that point I knew better and they all had female specific coloration (although Ginkgo's was a bit debatable for a bit but not worryingly so). Easter eggers (and this would also apply to actual true ameraucanas too) are notoriously difficult to sex and can throw you for a loop if you aren't careful. I even had one with a red patch on her chest and was the biggest in the bunch. Turned out to just be a big red hen with some partridge. She was also the first to lay (although by that point I had no doubt as she just looked very henny). She was a bit mean though

 

[Laurasb65]

My lavender Orpington hen has tail feathers like this. For moment I thought she was getting rooster tail feathers.

 

[Echelontheory101]

My lavender Orpington hen has tail feathers like this. For moment I thought she was getting rooster tail feathers.

She's so cute!

 

[Echelontheory101]

Yeah, I can confirm this. In my first batch of chicks, Sage (bird in my profile pic) had me guessing as she had a very curvy tail at around 10 weeks. She ended up being a she and if I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have been questioning her to begin with as she had a female specific color pattern. She should have been the least questionable of the bunch. Of my current girls, they had wild tails too but at that point I knew better and they all had female specific coloration (although Ginkgo's was a bit debatable for a bit but not worryingly so). Easter eggers (and this would also apply to actual true ameraucanas too) are notoriously difficult to sex and can throw you for a loop if you aren't careful. I even had one with a red patch on her chest and was the biggest in the bunch. Turned out to just be a big red hen with some partridge. She was also the first to lay (although by that point I had no doubt as she just looked very henny). She was a bit mean though

Thats good to know! Im still learning on the coloring piece. I can tell you all the egg color and comb gene abbreviations and how they work which is recessive etc. Cause I plan to breed for egg color, production and pea combs cause of my weather. But am still pretty clueless on what all the colors and patterns for feathers mean haha

 

[Echelontheory101]

Tail feathers looking curled/curved/swoopy or just sticking out a really long way is also something that often happens when they're just about to lose those feathers in a juvenile moult.

Theyre teenagers so that makes total sense! Im raking sooo many feathers out of the coop right now haha

 

[Echelontheory101]

Tessa is her name, very girly, but her voice sounds like she smokes three packs a day and washes them down with a fifth of bad whiskey.

And her chubbiness is now leading me to call her Tessa the Tank!!

She sounds amazing! I know they were the original table bird in the UK before the Cornish cross became a thing so I love their tubby butts waddling around

 

[Echelontheory101]

I think it was an Ameraucana thing that transferred to EEs thing.

Thats cool! I have 3 true blue splash ameraucanas and then a 4th that I got a refund for cause she ended up with green legs and yellow beak/skin so some EE got in there somehow haha so its good to know that is a thing with that breeds as well