Pullets or Roos? Egg color guesses?- loving these Easter Eggers!

[Temere]

First time raising chicks and I am loving my Easter Eggers!

I got 5 EE and 5 BO from a hatchery. I thought the BOs were supposed to be a more snuggly breed, but my EEs have really outshined them in personality and transformation. The beards have me laughing every time despite my dislike of them before getting the breed. It’s been so cool watching their feather patterns change week by week too. Here are some pictures of when we got them to where they are now. We have one roo for sure, I’m just not confident which one(s) it is. There are 2-3 in question so if anyone wants to chime in with inputs I’m happy to hear your thoughts! If anyone has guesses on egg color as well, I’d be curious to hear and will update in a couple months when the days come

I gotta say, the interwebs makes raising chicks sound exhausting and finicky without a broody hen, but I didn’t think it was that bad. Puppy pads worked great for the first week or two, but after that the birbs got curious and started tearing them apart. We would happily do it again should we need to. Thank you all for your help and resources over the last few months!

 

[redinator]

I have an EE chick in the brooder that I expect to feather out like Snowball.

 

[chickengr]

too young to be sure. roberta might be robert. comb looks red (at least in the pics).

 

[SilverBirds]

Roberta is a Robert. All the others look like pullets.

 

[Temere]

I have an EE chick in the brooder that I expect to feather out like Snowball.

I hope it does! It’s probably my favorite coloring. Very Princess Zelda vibes.

 

[Temere]

Update on the chooks:
They are still doing some changing. Jury is still out. Blue’s hackles had me watching him or her for weeks, but Lola’s red coloring and Roberta’s comb has me side-eyeing
*please note: those are black raspberries in the Lola picture, not questionable droppings

 

[kattabelly]

Roberta is definitely a Robert, those are male saddle feathers coming in.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Snowball has really neat coloring!
BTW, EE isn’t a breed but a a mix of colored egg breeds. They can lay blue green or sometimes brown eggs. Your BOs will lay light brown eggs.

 

[Temere]

Snowball has really neat coloring!
BTW, EE isn’t a breed but a a mix of colored egg breeds. They can lay blue green or sometimes brown eggs. Your BOs will lay light brown eggs.

Yes! I noticed that some of the EEs have more blue/gray feet while others have more of a green tint. I wonder if that will reflect the egg coloring? Either way, I’m excited to see what happens.

 

[SilverBirds]

Roberta still looks like you're only cockerel.