Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

[Clio320i]

Hi all. Such beautiful birds you all have! both the boys and the girls!

Here's an update on my little Mochuela.

Pic from when I posted two weeks ago, at 4 weeks of age:



Today, 6 weeks old:


Getting to be an interesting looking bird! I'm watching as instructed for black on the chest...


So far, everything dark/black just looks like chick down to me...?


I keep freaking out about bits of reddish color that I notice near shoulders, but I'm pretty sure this is coming from neck area, which is quite reddish, as you can see in the first two pics.


Other pullets for comparison. They're different breeds (SLW and BCM), but interestingly, they're all much blockier and wider and deeper in the chest than my EE, as you can see here. I guess that's just a breed thing?


The comb freaks me out regularly. Is this three rows?!


Another comb pic.



Behavior-wise, I'm not noticing anything masculine. This one stands and walks low to the ground -- actually lower than all my others, doesn't do any chest-bumping that I've seen, and is definitely NOT the first one to get worried about a noise or a crow overhead or anything. Frequently gets deeply into foraging; no watchful sentinel here. So despite that interesting comb and kind of crazy coloring I'm still calling her Mochuela instead of Mochuelo.

I think/hope this one is going to turn out looking a lot like the one @QuailGuy88 posted a few weeks ago and again last week (who I think we decided was a pullet). Yay!

Here's QuailGuy88's chick again:


I think this is the BESTEST color for EE's!! And yes, I am *totally* biased.

 

[MedSchlFarmers]

Hi all. Such beautiful birds you all have! both the boys and the girls!

Here's an update on my little Mochuela.

Pic from when I posted two weeks ago, at 4 weeks of age:



Today, 6 weeks old:


Getting to be an interesting looking bird! I'm watching as instructed for black on the chest...


So far, everything dark/black just looks like chick down to me...?


I keep freaking out about bits of reddish color that I notice near shoulders, but I'm pretty sure this is coming from neck area, which is quite reddish, as you can see in the first two pics.


Other pullets for comparison. They're different breeds (SLW and BCM), but interestingly, they're all much blockier and wider and deeper in the chest than my EE, as you can see here. I guess that's just a breed thing?


The comb freaks me out regularly. Is this three rows?!


Another comb pic.



Behavior-wise, I'm not noticing anything masculine. This one stands and walks low to the ground -- actually lower than all my others, doesn't do any chest-bumping that I've seen, and is definitely NOT the first one to get worried about a noise or a crow overhead or anything. Frequently gets deeply into foraging; no watchful sentinel here. So despite that interesting comb and kind of crazy coloring I'm still calling her Mochuela instead of Mochuelo.

I think/hope this one is going to turn out looking a lot like the one @QuailGuy88 posted a few weeks ago and again last week (who I think we decided was a pullet). Yay!

Here's QuailGuy88's chick again:


I think this is the BESTEST color for EE's!! And yes, I am *totally* biased.

I'm no expert but it looks like a pullet to me. I have/had 5 EE chicks and only two were pullets. My cockerels combs were pink and much wider at 3-4 weeks. Everything looks girly to me.

 

[junebuggena]

Hi all. Such beautiful birds you all have! both the boys and the girls!

Here's an update on my little Mochuela.

Pic from when I posted two weeks ago, at 4 weeks of age:



Today, 6 weeks old:


Getting to be an interesting looking bird! I'm watching as instructed for black on the chest...


So far, everything dark/black just looks like chick down to me...?


I keep freaking out about bits of reddish color that I notice near shoulders, but I'm pretty sure this is coming from neck area, which is quite reddish, as you can see in the first two pics.


Other pullets for comparison. They're different breeds (SLW and BCM), but interestingly, they're all much blockier and wider and deeper in the chest than my EE, as you can see here. I guess that's just a breed thing?


The comb freaks me out regularly. Is this three rows?!


Another comb pic.



Behavior-wise, I'm not noticing anything masculine. This one stands and walks low to the ground -- actually lower than all my others, doesn't do any chest-bumping that I've seen, and is definitely NOT the first one to get worried about a noise or a crow overhead or anything. Frequently gets deeply into foraging; no watchful sentinel here. So despite that interesting comb and kind of crazy coloring I'm still calling her Mochuela instead of Mochuelo.

I think/hope this one is going to turn out looking a lot like the one @QuailGuy88 posted a few weeks ago and again last week (who I think we decided was a pullet). Yay!

Here's QuailGuy88's chick again:


I think this is the BESTEST color for EE's!! And yes, I am *totally* biased.

Her neck is golden, not red. Very girly looking pullet.

 

[vasher]

Hi all. Such beautiful birds you all have! both the boys and the girls!

Here's an update on my little Mochuela.

Pic from when I posted two weeks ago, at 4 weeks of age:



Today, 6 weeks old:


Getting to be an interesting looking bird! I'm watching as instructed for black on the chest...


So far, everything dark/black just looks like chick down to me...?


I keep freaking out about bits of reddish color that I notice near shoulders, but I'm pretty sure this is coming from neck area, which is quite reddish, as you can see in the first two pics.


Other pullets for comparison. They're different breeds (SLW and BCM), but interestingly, they're all much blockier and wider and deeper in the chest than my EE, as you can see here. I guess that's just a breed thing?


The comb freaks me out regularly. Is this three rows?!


Another comb pic.



Behavior-wise, I'm not noticing anything masculine. This one stands and walks low to the ground -- actually lower than all my others, doesn't do any chest-bumping that I've seen, and is definitely NOT the first one to get worried about a noise or a crow overhead or anything. Frequently gets deeply into foraging; no watchful sentinel here. So despite that interesting comb and kind of crazy coloring I'm still calling her Mochuela instead of Mochuelo.

I think/hope this one is going to turn out looking a lot like the one @QuailGuy88 posted a few weeks ago and again last week (who I think we decided was a pullet). Yay!

Here's QuailGuy88's chick again:


I think this is the BESTEST color for EE's!! And yes, I am *totally* biased.

It totally is the best EE color. Mine is, of course, the same color!

But with suspicious comb. Not sure exactly what it's called, though. Blue red...?

 

[mjamell]

At what age does a roosters comb start getting bigger and turning pink? Mine is a few days over 6 weeks now and since he's been 3 weeks old he has crowed a few times, but his comb is still small and barely any pink at all to it.

 

[junebuggena]

At what age does a roosters comb start getting bigger and turning pink? Mine is a few days over 6 weeks now and since he's been 3 weeks old he has crowed a few times, but his comb is still small and barely any pink at all to it.

Cockerels are usually bright pink by about 8 weeks old.

 

[mjamell]

Thanks!

 

[Clio320i]

I'm no expert but it looks like a pullet to me. I have/had 5 EE chicks and only two were pullets. My cockerels combs were pink and much wider at 3-4 weeks. Everything looks girly to me.

Her neck is golden, not red. Very girly looking pullet.

Thank you both for your assessment! It's such a rollercoaster sometimes!

It totally is the best EE color. Mine is, of course, the same color!

But with suspicious comb. Not sure exactly what it's called, though. Blue red...?

She is lovely! I thought at first mine was totally unique but obviously not. It appears to be somewhat uncommon, though. Maybe we could find a wild bird with this type of coloring and name the color after that...?

...

Ok so I looked at a lot of bird pictures online just now. Closest seems to be the western robin, varied thrush, or orange-headed ground thrush, or some combination thereof. So maybe "thrush-colored"? LOL

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Could this little one be an Easter Egger? She hatched from a small blue egg (that I thought was a cream legbar egg), but I don't think she is an actual cream legbar.

(13 days old here)

 

[bruceha2000]

At what age does a roosters comb start getting bigger and turning pink? Mine is a few days over 6 weeks now and since he's been 3 weeks old he has crowed a few times, but his comb is still small and barely any pink at all to it.

The size of the comb is a real variable especially among EEs since they could have a ton of genetics in their background. A given cockerel may be predisposed to having a very small comb even as an adult and it might not look like much as a 6 week old chick.