Sex my Easter Egger chicks

[Vedwards]

I know its a little early but can anyone tell by the coloration if these chicks are girls or boys?

 

[CrazyClucker2]

They look like shes...but it still is a little hard to tell for sure.

 

[Vedwards]

I hope so

 

[Pele]

It's too early to tell, but usually that coloration is found in chicks that will develop some sort of reddish plumage. And I'm actually not seeing any typical EE traits. Did you order them from somewhere?

 

[Vedwards]

I bought hatching eggs off Ebay. The dads are pure ameraucana, and moms are ee, barred rock, rir, buff orp, marans, and some others.

 

[donrae]

I bought hatching eggs off Ebay. The dads are pure ameraucana, and moms are ee, barred rock, rir, buff orp, marans, and some others.

Well, from that mix, any bird with a white spot on top of the head SHOULD be a black sex link male. But I agree, I don't see that the chick in the photo had a pure ameraucana parent, sorry.

 

[Pele]

I bought hatching eggs off Ebay. The dads are pure ameraucana, and moms are ee, barred rock, rir, buff orp, marans, and some others.

The seller was dishonest with you. If the father was 'pure ameraucana', then this chick would have a beard, and non-yellow legs. It also looks like it has a straight comb (another genetic impossibility with the father being a pure peacomb).

 

[khoe]

The legs can still change color, my chicks legs started out yellow but changed by 3 weeks

 

[halo]

The seller was dishonest with you. If the father was 'pure ameraucana', then this chick would have a beard, and non-yellow legs. It also looks like it has a straight comb (another genetic impossibility with the father being a pure peacomb).

Im pretty sure that is not true. Ive hatched several batches of Ameraucana mixes, with the father being Ameraucana, and the mothers being several different breeds. Ive gotten a wide variety of bearded, non-bearded, yellow and non yellow legs, and pea and straight combs.

 

[Pele]

Im pretty sure that is not true. Ive hatched several batches of Ameraucana mixes, with the father being Ameraucana, and the mothers being several different breeds. Ive gotten a wide variety of bearded, non-bearded, yellow and non yellow legs, and pea and straight combs.

Maybe with an EE male (mixed genes), but not a purebred Ameraucana male. First generation crosses would absolutely express the dominant genes like Muff/Beard, Pea Comb, and darker legs.

Now second generation mixes.... THAT would fall apart into chaos right quick. But basic genetics demand that the first generation chicks express dominant genes. Who is to say that the Ebay seller knew the difference between EEs and Ameraucanas? It is an extremely common mistake since hatcheries lie about what they are selling in that regard.