The EE braggers thread!!!

[bruceha2000]

Any particular reason you want her bred to a Speckled Sussex?

 

[Silkie2]

Updated pics of jupiter! 90% sure its rooster (thanks a lot sexed hatcheries) but I actually might keep him! He’s so pretty!

 

[bruceha2000]

I see nothing that says rooster. How old and any indication it is trying to crow?

 

[Amelia Egghart]

I agree, the relatively uniform color is more hen like or at least not indicative of male. If red blotchy patches on the shoulders popped up then that would scream rooster for sure. Females have long tails and curvy cushion feathers that will stress you out.

 

[Silkie2]

Oh my gosh really?? Lol
I figured because of the pointed hackle feathers and small growing spurs (even though females can have them, I’ve seen them mostly in roos) it might be a roo. The comb and wattles are a bit small I’ll admit.
Its 8 weeks old

 

[lomine]

I agree, nothing about it says cockerel to me. The male specific feathering doesn't normally start coming in until around 12 weeks. I believe the "pointy" hackle feathers are an optical illusion caused by the patterns on the feathers. My male EEs have almost always had bright red combs by 6 weeks.

And just a side note, most birds that have muffs don't grow wattles.

 

[AUChickenGal]

I’m super excited about the colors coming in on my Easter Egger pullet from Hoover’s Hatchery! She’s just over 5 weeks old now and was a pretty standard silvery-brown chipmunk marked chick as a baby.

 

[Cynthia12]

That is going to be a pretty chicken!

 

[Chickassan]

I made this EE, she's my frankenchicken Kiwi.
Technically I think she's a reverse favacauna, a faverolles rooster over a blue ameracauna hen.

 

[dan26552]

I made this EE, she's my frankenchicken Kiwi.
Technically I think she's a reverse favacauna, a faverolles rooster over a blue ameracauna hen.View attachment 1787605 View attachment 1787606 View attachment 1787607

She’s pretty.