Ameraucanas: wheaten / BW? - boys or girls? - New updated pics post #9

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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I have 5 Wheaten/Blue Wheaten chicks I hatched from eggs (thanks Mahonri), but am not experienced with this breed and can't tell what is what. I know you can sex the wheatens early, but am not sure if 3 weeks is too early or not. I have W/BW ameraucanas in these pics (6th chick is an easter egger that I accidently picked up instead of the 6th ameraucana - you can ignore that one).


These are the same 6 chicks in every photo (5 ameraucanas - 1 easter egger)

I'm pretty sure #5 is a little roo due to his colorful feathers.

EE is top left in this photo:

EE bottom chick with dark splash on head:

 

[halo]

Im not 100% sure, but you look a little heavy in the roo department.

 

[Illia]

Yeah it can often be tricky at this young, but I only see one pullet - The creamy looking one.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

I don't want to be heavy in the roo department. The creamy one had white wings at a few days old, while the others all had grey in their feathers. I thought it might mean that she was a wheaten versus blue wheaten or vice versa (but I really have no idea)

Here's the baby pics:

This is the light feathered/creamy one:

 

[Illia]

You're right, it could just be a Blue Wheaten. . . Well, post back in a few more days.

 

[AZKat]

For what its worth, #1 and #5 look very similar to the Wheaten roo that I got from Mahonri a few weeks ago.

 

[Mahonri]

You lucky.

I hatch over20 and only get 5 pullets.

#4 looks like a Blue Wheaten pullet... a couple of weeks and we'll know what all of them are.... and I think your EE is a pullet too!

I only see the one wheaten roo there.. but #1 may be a Blue Wheaten Roo.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

Thanks - I guess I'll wait another week and post again. The ones I suspect are little roos are the sweetest of the bunch - figures.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

Here are all 7 of the ameraucana chicks and feathered out better than before (2 pics of each and numbered to make it easier). Are they old enough to tell yet? Roo was a blue wheaten, hens were blue wheaten and wheaten, so I believe chicks could be wheaten, blue wheaten, or splash wheaten?

I'm hoping for more pullets - I can't keep roos where I live. Besides the sex, can you tell me which color type these chicks are?

I'm pretty sure these 2 are boys because they are so colorful, but don't know whether they are W or BW:

#s 5 & 6 look identical:

 

[Goose and Fig]

1 & 2 (in the last set of pics) are wheaten roos. As for the rest- I'm in the same boat

Best to give it a couple more weeks.