10 Week old Ameraucana Gender?

[KBruno777]

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting as well as my first time having chickens. We have our first 6 and I am curious as to the opinions of others as to whether ours are looking like roos or hens.

I am posting pictures of each one in its own thread so this is the first of six.

What do you all think or is it too early yet?

Hopefully, the pics will be good enough. This is hopefully the worst of the six as I just couldn't get any better.

Thanks,

Kirstyn

 

[Kelsie2290]

Would vote cockerel, the color and that is a lot of comb for a pullet.

 

[Michael OShay]

The three rows of peas in the comb and the red feathering in the wings is screaming cockerel. Sorry. (

 

[jcabral]

It's not an Americauna, it is an Easter egger, and it is a cockerel.

 

[Michael OShay]

It's not an Americauna, it is an Easter egger, and it is a cockerel.

X2 on Easter Egger. I forgot to mention that in my post.

 

[KBruno777]

I had a feeling this one might be a cockerel. He has/is always the first one to check everything out, to peck at something new and likes to perch/sit on anything as high as possible and watch over everything. We got them at three weeks and he has done this since then.

Now mind you, I have never had chickens before but that was always my hunch.

And, of course, I wanted an Easter Egger for the egg color... but not happening if she is a he!

Thank you everyone!

Kirstyn

 

[BantamLover21]

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting as well as my first time having chickens. We have our first 6 and I am curious as to the opinions of others as to whether ours are looking like roos or hens.

I am posting pictures of each one in its own thread so this is the first of six.

What do you all think or is it too early yet?

Hopefully, the pics will be good enough. This is hopefully the worst of the six as I just couldn't get any better.

Thanks,

Kirstyn

This bird is an Easter Egger cockerel.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Handsome little EE cockerel there. IF you can a) have a rooster legally, b) want a rooster, c) get lucky and end up with him being a nice rooster and d) have the space, flock size, etc to keep a rooster you *could* keep him and put him over your girls to hatch out some chicks - you may get lucky and end up with some nice colorful layers that way. There is not any guarantee that the genetics will work out for colorful eggs, but it can. Of our hatch of 5 eggs (3 were EE roo over EE hens, 2 were same EE roo over GLW hens) we ended up with 3 cockerel chicks (all three of the EE/EE of course) and 2 pullets -- sold the cockerels and the roo, kept the pullets. Pullets have just started laying and we ended up with 1 green layer and 1 brown.

 

[Wyandottes7]

This bird is an Easter Egger cockerel.

x2