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still have 3! lol

If they were all that combo none could have rose combs and many do... especially those from Hoovers, so they must use a different mix(RIR and SLW are also used by some)? ISAs however are usually from RIR/RIW)

leg color in barred rocks is a very well known way to tell

July 1 2021 hatches. Friendly little dudes, just already have 2 adult roosters and not enough hens. Moms were Cackle Lavender and Black, dad was a Cackle Lavender. My broody sexlink hatched 4, we hatched 4 in an incubator. https://www.lsn.com/poultry/blue--lav-ameraucana-roosters/6678347.html

#2 appears to have some cream color(not as white as a Delaware and can have neck speckles)? could be an amberlink.

They both are red sexlinks yes, but from a different hen/roo pairing. Queens typically have darker feathers like black in some areas including the tail(some may also have rose combs but not all). ISA however will be brown/red and white, no black and will have single combs only.

They all look like mixes(all have traits of more than 1 kind of bird), none look like true breeds.

Dead giveaways are the lighter appearance(due to double barring in males), bright yellow legs with no color and of course the obvious comb/wattles.

They are both male

Ameraucanas will always have beards/muffs, dark legs and a pea comb. They also only come in 9 colors, none of those weird EE patterns you see(though colors can vary if you breed one color to another). This site is helpful and has descriptors and photos...

They are all amberlinks...

if a true ameraucana (not EE or Americana) you have a better chance of this if the sexes were reversed...blue egg male with brown egg female...will always be olive laying chicks

Its been a long time since this post but did you figure it out? I also have one doing this right now and I know its her, I have seen her do it.

I say hatch 2x as many as you want...some wont be fertilized, some just wont take and some that do quit for no apparent reason. I started with 17(I found a crack in one upon arrival) with 5 under broody, the rest in the incubator.

Near Cookeville TN....I had never hatched either but we did hatch 4 of these, broody hatched other 4, and let her raise them all. We did both just in case she didnt sit the whole time, never had a broody, wasnt sure how it would all work out.