I noticed at the end of your comment u ment tht u thot the 1st EE was a roo b/c of red.. its got some specked brown, but no red. However, is red an indicator of male in EE's? I added some more pics jst a few.. plse take a look b/c if so- then I think Ive def got more roos than I realized!
Here are some more pics... please help me if u know abt sexing them.
Darcy- EE #1 soo sweet Not sure about Darcy, could go either way at this point.
Adrianna- EE #2- the very 1st of our chicks 2 hatch Adrianna is absolutely 100% cockerel. See the large, thick comb with three rows of peas, and the red feathers on the shoulders? Those are definite signs of males in EEs.
Freckles- EE #3 Freckles is probably female. See how her coloration is more even overall, and she doesn't have the patchiness of Adrianna? I'd feel better about it if I could see her comb, though.
Cocoa- EE #4
Leaning towards female for Cocoa, too. That's a very female color pattern and she has a one-row pea comb.
Cocoa agn
Bradshaw- Maran #2... soooo camera shy I think Bradshaw is female, but I'm not that good at sexing Marans when they're young.
Bradshaw agn... best pic I culd get
Vanilla- my red sex link, sweetest bird I have and has clearly
taken over as 'mother hen'. If vanilla is a red sex-link, I'm confused. She does not look like a red sex link. Red sex links are, well, red, with white feathers here and there. It's the cockerels in RSL that are white, but those usually have breakthrough read at the neck and shoulders, so I'm confused.
Thank u soo much in advance 4 helping me out w/ these guys/girls!!
Thank u soo much walking on sunshine!!!! I was a lil confused abt the sex link myself.... it's the only one i bot at a feed store. They did have EE's (they called them Ameraucana's, but they weren't)- do u think she culd b an EE?
Yeah...think I always knew Adrianna (#2) was a Roo... developed a comb pretty early & behavior was always diff. Guess we'll wait & see on Darcy (#1)!
Now.. i purchased Vanilla as a week old 'red sex link' - its now a good 8wks and as pointed out above, appears not 2 b what i was sold. Ne ideas on what i have???
Roosters always get red in their combs first, not just in EE in any.
The combs and wattles will also get bigger quicker.
Another way to tell when they are younger is females will grow in their tail feathers first.
At a week or two the ones with their tale feathers will be girls and the ones with fluff will end up being your roos.
Yeah...think I always knew Adrianna (#2) was a Roo... developed a comb pretty early & behavior was always diff. Guess we'll wait & see on Darcy (#1)!
Now.. i purchased Vanilla as a week old 'red sex link' - its now a good 8wks and as pointed out above, appears not 2 b what i was sold. Ne ideas on what i have???
If it was a red sex link, then it would be a rooster (the red sex link males are always white and the females are always red with some white under feathers.)
So you either have a rooster or a different kind of chicken....
What kind of comb does it have? Hard to tell from the photo, but it doesn't look like a single comb which sex links would have.
With the greenish legs and what looks like could be some puffy cheeks possibly a white easter egger?
I think ur right abt her being a white/cream EE... she has green feet, and no comb- pretty much the same as my othr EE's. I didn't even know they came in this color- there's not another color in her.
Roosters always get red in their combs first, not just in EE in any.
The combs and wattles will also get bigger quicker.
Another way to tell when they are younger is females will grow in their tail feathers first.
At a week or two the ones with their tale feathers will be girls and the ones with fluff will end up being your roos.
I think ur right abt her being a white/cream EE... she has green feet, and no comb- pretty much the same as my othr EE's. I didn't even know they came in this color- there's not another color in her.
EEs don't have a list of colors they come in. The come in all different types of color combinations and hatcheries just seem to be getting more and more unique colors.
