Sexing 5 week old "Easter Egger" chicks

[Caecillia]

Hello,
We bought these at TSC, labeled as Americanas, but we are guessing Easter Eggers. We got them as straight runs, and are trying to figure out if they are ALL roosters. There's 4.

The first one is the only one with a pea comb:

 

[sourland]

The first bird is most likely a pullet - the others are all cockerels, and are not EE.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

First is a pullet, that's it

 

[Caecillia]

The first bird is most likely a pullet - the others are all cockerels, and are not EE.

Do you know what they might be?

 

[sealer39]

The first pic is a pullet and for sure an EE. The rest are cockerels. EEs ‘typically’ will have a beard and green or slate colored legs. The first pic has those but the others don’t. Just because they don’t have those features it doesn’t mean they aren’t EEs.

 

[Caecillia]

We are thinking maybe Welsummer or Brown Leghorns? Don't look like most of the other "EEs" we've gotten. The first one is much more classic "EE" look to us.

 

[sealer39]

Sorry, I missed the obvious clue. The cockerels don’t have pea combs so at this point I don’t believe they are EEs either. I’m not good at breeds unless I have raised them myself. They do look similar to Welsummers though. I have a 9 week old cockerel now. I’ll take a pic in the morning and post it for comparison.

 

[Caecillia]

Sorry, I missed the obvious clue. The cockerels don’t have pea combs so at this point I don’t believe they are EEs either. I’m not good at breeds unless I have raised them myself. They do look similar to Welsummers though. I have a 9 week old cockerel now. I’ll take a pic in the morning and post it for comparison.

Thanks that would be great! Should we wait until maturity to see which one(s) have a good temperament before selling/culling? We have a total of 10 chickens (with what looks like at least 3 roosters) should we only keep 1?

 

[sealer39]

With 10 hens one rooster would be sufficient. I would wait till they got a little older and pick the best looking one with good temperament.

 

[sealer39]

Welsummer cockerel at 9 weeks

Taking a pic of a moving target through 1/2” hardware cloth and an electric fence can be challenging!