The EE braggers thread!!!

[Hangtown Farms]

Anyone on here have some suggestions for candling EE eggs? I've tried up to 75 watt light in a shoe box. Still can't see anything

I am using a Rcom candler. works great

 

[chicken pickin]

Got some of my roo! (and 2 of the other girls I didn't get in the post before)










Isn't he handsome?

Might just be me, but your "rooster" looks like a pullet to me. I have a hen that looked very similar to yours as a chick.

 

[draye]

Nope, the one they have marked as rooster (boy), it's all boy (rooster).

 

[Tappy4me]

It is possible he is a she...they all came from the pullet bin, but it's certainly acting roo-ish. It also is the only one with long curling tail feathers (all the rest' have tail feathers the same length), and his neck feathers are different than the others. Granted, in a few more weeks I'll have a better idea, but I've had this one pegged as a Roo since it started feathering out. Lots of people have agreed.

 

[Basskids08]

Please help me to determine if this is a boy?

 

[jerryse]

Please help me to determine if this is a boy?

Yes it is a boy. The comb and red in the shoulders say boy.

 

[Basskids08]

Thanks so much for answering me. That is so sad, my daughter just loves him but I already have a 2year old Jersey Giant so I won't be able to keep him.

 

[JackieandChicks]

Thanks so much for answering me. That is so sad, my daughter just loves him but I already have a 2year old Jersey Giant so I won't be able to keep him.Y

I have four roos that all get along, sneaking in two more (I am adding more girls to help keep the balance) so don't give up on that yet. I did have some spring scuffles, but they got over it and are now happy. Right now I only have 14 hens for them. Got 30 more growing. I do let them free roam when I am around and I do think that helps a lot.

 

[Brookshire11]

I take them to chick chaser farms in Benton City, they do an excellent job!

I need to (eventually) find a place in my area. I'm just not up to doing it myself yet lol

I lost track, but 10 or 11 wks old now. Thinking a rooster?

Looks like mine did He sure is handsome!

 

[insanity]

Please help me to determine if this is a boy?

Don't give up I have 2 white EE hens( whites are usually roos) and 1 hen with rust colored shoulders. Color isn't 100% for sexing chickens. A better shot of the back of the birds neck feathers wouild be helpfull. Also JackieandChicks is right multiple roos will often live together without any trouble so you could always still keep him as a spare.