The EE braggers thread!!!

[marlowmanor]

based on some color, combs, and a very blair witch style video clip (sorry, chicks are nuts, lol) can you all give me your opinion of my 4 week old EE chicks? I am scared I have 5 boys and 1 girl...grumble.

thoughts?


saylor and coral (pardon the poop)


coral


saylor (who this morning started whipping on everyone for no apparent reason....he/she was put in time out inside the coop to cool down.


ariel, a week ago...you can see more of her/him in the video.


Marina a week ago...flighty, loud, stands head and shoulders above the rest.


pearl, a week ago, in the video you can see this HAS to be a HE!!


shelly, 10 days ago, she is in the video and the only one i am 99% sure is a female.

here is the video

Thanks guys!! I know you all are the egg-sperts!!!

I am going to say that Saylor, Coral, and Ariel are boys based on comb development. Marina has some thick legs which are another boy trait, but I can't see the comb all that well which would be a definate clue. Pearl I am not sure about since he/she has a single comb, and I have very little experience with sexing single combs. Our last batch of chicks the only single combed ones were bought already sexed. Shelly definately looks girlish.

 

[draye]

I think you are right.......4 boys and 1 girl.

 

[gapeach717]

LOL seriously...how the heck did i manage THAT one???

 

[mother o' chicks72]

Here is my new baby EE! She(hopefully) is so sweet and round! I know it's a long shot, but if anybody wants to take a whack at guessing gender that'd be cool.

 

[ronott1]

I hatched some SG Dorking eggs and later found out that they were crossed with Americauna. These would be a type of EE?

With this type of cross, will the breast feathers still be different with Cockerels and Pullets?

I will post pictures later.

Ron

 

[k9jms]

Hey everyone...
I am super excited! Yesterday I purchased three 1 day old Bantam EE chicks.They are straight runs so I am hoping for hens but I will have to wait and see. I am curious to see what color they are when they are done growing. One is solid white with black specks on the wings, one is a beautiful silver/ dark grey, and the other is yellow with black/brwn stripes running down its back and head. I am really really new to chickens so any advice or tips/tricks that you can spare would be fantastic and greatly appreciated.
Oh yea, I also have three 2 week old RIR, two 1 day old white crested polish bantams, and two 1 day old domineques. Do ya'll think that I will have any problems integrating them as a flock and when should I attemt to put them together? Right now I have them in two seperate brooders.

 

[DMRippy]

I hatched some SG Dorking eggs and later found out that they were crossed with Americauna. These would be a type of EE?

With this type of cross, will the breast feathers still be different with Cockerels and Pullets?

I will post pictures later.

Ron

They would be EE, I don't know about the breast feathers, maybe someone else will.

 

[DMRippy]

Hey everyone...
I am super excited! Yesterday I purchased three 1 day old Bantam EE chicks.They are straight runs so I am hoping for hens but I will have to wait and see. I am curious to see what color they are when they are done growing. One is solid white with black specks on the wings, one is a beautiful silver/ dark grey, and the other is yellow with black/brwn stripes running down its back and head. I am really really new to chickens so any advice or tips/tricks that you can spare would be fantastic and greatly appreciated.
Oh yea, I also have three 2 week old RIR, two 1 day old white crested polish bantams, and two 1 day old domineques. Do ya'll think that I will have any problems integrating them as a flock and when should I attemt to put them together? Right now I have them in two separate brooders.

I wold keep the bantams separate for a long time. I had to remove some Ameraucanas and SLW from a pen with my Marans, they looked tiny in there with those giant chicks. Same hatch too. I would think you could put the LF together pretty soon, A week maybe.... I don't find that I have a problem with a 2 week age difference if I don't put the together right away. Let the new babies get some size and then put the together.

 

[aoxa]

I started my own thread, but have had no input on the genders of my two white EE's. Anyone here have any guesses?

They are 6 weeks old in the pictures - though they are 1 day shy of 7 weeks now.

I have two brown ones that look the same - I am 99.9% sure they are pullets

I can only tell them apart by the colour of their legs. One has green legs, one has slate legs.

This IS a boy, right? I call him Stanley.

 

[DMRippy]

I started my own thread, but have had no input on the genders of my two white EE's. Anyone here have any guesses?

They are 6 weeks old in the pictures - though they are 1 day shy of 7 weeks now.

I have two brown ones that look the same - I am 99.9% sure they are pullets

I can only tell them apart by the colour of their legs. One has green legs, one has slate legs.

This IS a boy, right? I call him Stanley.

I don't see a roo in the bunch.... lucky you!