Questions about my chicks?

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Kirsten819

Kirsten819

Chirping
5 Years
Jul 2, 2014
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I have some questions about my chicks. First I bought them as listed as Ameraucana/EE which are different so which breed is it? How old are my chicks? What are their coloring's? Also are they pullets or cockerels it listed as pullets so I hope that's what they are?
I got them about two weeks ago at a animal and flea market swap and meet.

Here are picks when I first got them-





And here they are two weeks later-


































Please help!
Thanks again!
 
Dear Kiresten,
Those chicks are so cute! As for Ameraucana or Easter Egger, I have a few suggestions. It could be that it is Easter Egger x Ameraucana. Easter Eggers are not a true breed, so if they are Easter Eggers they would all look different. Right now I would say the are 2 1/2 to 3 weeks old. As for coloring, I am not sure. If they said pullets, they should be pullets. There are two ways of sexing: one being that they look at their wings and the other being that they feel their butts to see what they are. Excuse me on the last one I'm not sure what it is called. Anyway, the second way is pretty much foolproof. You can only do the wing thing with certain breeds. So if he did the second way, you will probably have hens. If the breed can be sexed by the wings and they did that you will probably have hens as well. Hope this helps!

-Eepster
 
Eepster said:
Dear Kiresten,
Those chicks are so cute! As for Ameraucana or Easter Egger, I have a few suggestions. It could be that it is Easter Egger x Ameraucana. Easter Eggers are not a true breed, so if they are Easter Eggers they would all look different. Right now I would say the are 2 1/2 to 3 weeks old. As for coloring, I am not sure. If they said pullets, they should be pullets. There are two ways of sexing: one being that they look at their wings and the other being that they feel their butts to see what they are. Excuse me on the last one I'm not sure what it is called. Anyway, the second way is pretty much foolproof. You can only do the wing thing with certain breeds. So if he did the second way, you will probably have hens. If the breed can be sexed by the wings and they did that you will probably have hens as well. Hope this helps!

-Eepster
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Well I got them from some amish people the younger ones they had seemed to all be the same same and the older ones I got there was more of a variety so I hope they know how to sex they were two young boys I didn't see any adults but there may have been. Thanks for the answers!
 

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