Olive Egger - What Gender?

[Frazzemrat1]

too soon to tell for sure. Check back when its 6-8 weeks.

 

[cluckingheck]

Well, little Percy is 6 weeks old today. I think I know what my guess is leaning towards

 

[cluckingheck]

@aart any thoughts on little Percy? I feel like he’s a he

 

[Painted Calls]

Cockerel.

 

[aart]

@aart any thoughts on little Percy? I feel like he’s a he

Yeppers.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Looks like a boy for sure now!

 

[cluckingheck]

thanks! That’s what I thought, but wanted some confirmation. Not too disappointed as I’m going to be getting rid of 4 roosters and keeping 3, so Percy gets to stay. He’s going to have Burt & Maude ( my 1 year old roos that I’m keeping ) around to teach him his manners. So far he’s real friendly, but that can change....hope it doesn’t, but it can.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Yeah, right now it’s still on the early side, but I was wanting to get this thread started anyways. Percy is an Olive Egger that I hatched out from the only remaining shipped egg I bought from Meyer’s ( I had incubator issues & there were originally 8 eggs ). They hatched Feb. 17th, so little Percy is 3 weeks old.

I’m attaching pictures taken today. Meyer’s has different breeding programs for their Oliver Eggers, so I’m not exactly sure but I think they’re a cream legbar x welsummer cross as the egg they hatched from was a brown speckled egg.

That looks like a cockerel, but could you give a pic of him next to one of the others you think is a pullet?

 

[Blue Raptor]

Well, little Percy is 6 weeks old today. I think I know what my guess is leaning towards

Cockerel is think now.

 

[cluckingheck]

Yeppers, Percy is definitely a cockerel. He’ll be 14 weeks old in 2 days. Hasn’t started crowing or anything, but I know it won’t be too much longer. He’s getting big too, he’s already bigger than my 1yr. old leghorns.