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[SRobles]

He gorgeous

 

[Fancy Feather Poultry]

What?

 

[Frozen Feathers]

He's very pretty!! I love that red on blue. Where'd you get him??

 

[sara]

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I hatched him from Jody's araucana eggs, why do you want him?

 

[Frozen Feathers]

You can mail him to me!!

He's nice, I'm getting Araucana chicks from Jody in the spring and I hope I get some that look like that!

 

[Fancy Feather Poultry]

May I ask what and where the saddle feathers are?

 

[pattycake]

How old is it? My RIR scared me for a while because it developed hackle feathers and a few curling saddle feathers at 20 weeks, but then it proceeded to lay eggs.

If it 's a young chicken, say 10 to 15 weeks, I'd say it's definitely a rooster. But if it's right around the time of maturity, I'd withhold judgement until you get an egg or a crow.

 

[ksacres]

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They are the feathers immediately in front of the tail. Hackles feathers are the feathers on the neck. In males of normal feathered breeds, they grow longish and pointed.

 

[chickenranchwife]

He's a pretty roo! If you don't want him you can send him to South Dakota!

 

[ole-crone]

I agree with Pattycake. I'd wait for an egg or a crow.

I think that EEs are the hardest to sex at times. To look at the feathering, I thought I had two roos in the last hatch but I have one of each.

Saddlefeathers or not, that overall tail area is tight and in my experience, the tighter those feathers, forming what I call 'praying hands' (because we pray for pullets???) - the more likely the bird is to be female.

Good luck! Beautiful bird!