Need help sexing these EE's

[SE WA Guy]

They are all cockerels.

Oof. You’ve got the flair that leads me to believe you know exactly what you’re looking at.

So in your opinion, no sense in keeping them holding out hope? If I know for sure they’re cockerels, I’d give them up right away and move my newer chicks into their current space.

 

[herechicks2]

See, I went on the patchy thing too, but then I see a pic somebody posts and mixed breed hens can break the rules too. I tossed out the comb check for now. But even your patchy one has a very small comb that I would think would be a pullet. Ugh. EE’s are so frustrating lol.

Maybe there is hope! . I worked hard to find these alleged pullets. I hope my patchy ones are hens breaking rules, lol.

 

[keesmom]

That much comb color at such a young age, along with the feather coloring all say male.

How long ago did you get them?

 

[SE WA Guy]

That much comb color at such a young age, along with the feather coloring all say male.

How long ago did you get them?

I got them late March or early April. They were all just a few days old. Held them inside in the brooder, lots of TLC. Just little fuzz balls when we started. I knew it was a risk not buying sexed chicks, but took the gamble.

 

[msirene]

The combs look really red for their age aside from #4. But they also don't look like the pea combs most EEs have. So they are probably mixes which makes them even harder to figure out...Sorry I can't be more helpful!

 

[SE WA Guy]

The combs look really red for their age aside from #4. But they also don't look like the pea combs most EEs have. So they are probably mixes which makes them even harder to figure out...Sorry I can't be more helpful!

I agree. I gave up on looking at the combs when I figured out they didn’t match any pics I was looking for lol. They’re a bunch of true mutts. Which is fine by me.

 

[BabasCoop]

I don’t see Easter eggers either. Not sure the breed, but their legs are the wrong color for Easter eggers.

 

[SE WA Guy]

I don’t see Easter eggers either. Not sure the breed, but their legs are the wrong color for Easter eggers.

Thats another thing! As babies, they had the look of EE’s, and that’s what I was told they were. But their legs are very clean yellow and zero feathers. Am I going about this all wrong?

 

[SE WA Guy]

Here they were as babies if anybody sees anything there as for breed/mix.

 

[msirene]

I agree. I gave up on looking at the combs when I figured out they didn’t match any pics I was looking for lol. They’re a bunch of true mutts. Which is fine by me.

Mutts are the best!