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Is this 11 week old ameraucana a rooster?

post #1 of 10
8/4/12 at 1:44pm
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We bought a pullet ameraucana chick (named Penelope, around 11 weeks old) but she/he is a bit different then our other hens. Penelope has longer feathers on her/his saddle and yesterday started crowing. She/he hasn't crowed since then but we can't keep roosters in the city so we would need to re-home him/her. There are no signs of spurs growing in but she/he would be to young to get those now. Can anyone tell is this chicken is a rooster?

 

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post #2 of 10
8/4/12 at 2:49pm

Penelope is a pullet for sure.

 

Who else could have crowed?

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post #3 of 10
8/4/12 at 3:51pm

She's definitely a girl. Their "voice" changes as they get older and they start making different sounds. But if it was definitely a crow, then it was someone else doing it.

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Sharing our little piece of paradise with 2 Black Star Hens,12 Red Star hens, 10 Mottled Javas, 2 dogs, 2 Dutch rabbits, 2 Pekin ducks, a potbelly pig and a rescued bearded dragon

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post #4 of 10
8/4/12 at 3:57pm

thats an EE pullet...she's not the one crowing (although sometimes pullets do crow) post pics of the other chickens that you have please

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post #5 of 10
8/4/12 at 5:08pm
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our other two hens have laid eggs before and are definitely girls. Thanks for feedback though

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post #6 of 10
8/4/12 at 6:11pm

That is an Easter Egger pullet. Not an Ameraucana, to be sure, but definitely a girl.
 

 

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post #7 of 10
8/4/12 at 6:15pm
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Originally Posted by speckledhen View Post

That is an Easter Egger pullet. Not an Ameraucana, to be sure, but definitely a girl.

 
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post #8 of 10
8/4/12 at 6:51pm

pullet!

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post #9 of 10
8/4/12 at 6:53pm

That's an ee girl, looks older than 11 weeks to me. But no roo there.

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Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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post #10 of 10
8/4/12 at 7:42pm

EE pullet

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God grant me the serenity
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courage to change the things I can; 
and wisdom to know the difference.

In Jesus name Amen :)

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