13 week Americauna ROO???

[Carrots Chicks]

View attachment 1109552 View attachment 1109553 View attachment 1109554 Hi there, Does anyone have a picture of what a 13 week americana rooster might look like? Just came home from a week vacation and one of my girls has some very tall tail feathers. I'm going to try to get a picture of her. She is the most skittish chicken out of 16. She has about six or seven very long black tail feathers that stick out above all the rest... no comb. Easter Egger breed

 

[RowanTheRed]

I do, however my roo was a very late bloomer in the tail feather department so it may not help you. Does your "roo" in question have any long pointy feathers going on around the side areas by the tail feathers?

 

[RowanTheRed]

can you post a really good photo of it from a side view for others to see the tail feathers and help you figure out if it is indeed a roo ?

 

[Carrots Chicks]

"What's Up Chicken Butt??" What do you think about the tail feathers? ROO??? Auri is 13 weeks today. There is NO COMB... Any help?

 

[RowanTheRed]

"What's Up Chicken Butt??" What do you think about the tail feathers? ROO??? Auri is 13 weeks today. There is NO COMB... Any help?View attachment 1109542View attachment 1109543 View attachment 1109544

I hate to be the barer of potentially bad news, but your ameraucana isn't actually an ameraucana.

EDITED I take that back, it looks to have pointy neck and tail feather that would indicate it being a roo after all. Sorry

 

[GMarie65]

"What's Up Chicken Butt??" What do you think about the tail feathers? ROO??? Auri is 13 weeks today. There is NO COMB... Any help?View attachment 1109542View attachment 1109543 View attachment 1109544

I have one that looks so much like yours but he already has his pork chop side burns as my daughter calls them lol he is 14 weeks and look at the tail feathers that go down (point to the ground) my fathers has always told me that is a sure sign of a Roo. And I gotta say he has always been right. Hen feathers will not drop like that. Just my thoughts on it. But I think it is a Roo

 

[RowanTheRed]

Any idea what kind of chicken she is?

looks like a mixed breed. The grey legs look like there "may" be some ameraucana in there but there is no muff or beard that are standard to that breed. Also, I don't think that is a standard pattern for an ameraucana either.

I think that is more like a pattern you would see with a Columbian Wyandotte rosster

 

[chicks are life]

Easter egger.
They are most of the time called Amerucana or airucana (stupid spell correct) by hatcheries or uneducated people you get them from.

Amerucana:
Purebred
Blue eggs
Black or slate legs
Recognized colors
Pea comb

Easter egger:
Mix between a blue egg layer and another chicken
Any color eggs
Any color legs tends to be green
Non recognized colors
Any type of comb

I see hackle and saddle feathers comming in and that tail.

 

[Carrots Chicks]

Easter egger.
They are most of the time called Amerucana or airucana (stupid spell correct) by hatcheries or uneducated people you get them from.

Amerucana:
Purebred
Blue eggs
Black or slate legs
Recognized colors
Pea comb

Easter egger:
Mix between a blue egg layer and another chicken
Any color eggs
Any color legs tends to be green
Non recognized colors
Any type of comb

I see hackle and saddle feathers comming in and that tail.

 

[Carrots Chicks]

Easter egger.
They are most of the time called Amerucana or airucana (stupid spell correct) by hatcheries or uneducated people you get them from.

Amerucana:
Purebred
Blue eggs
Black or slate legs
Recognized colors
Pea comb

Easter egger:
Mix between a blue egg layer and another chicken
Any color eggs
Any color legs tends to be green
Non recognized colors
Any type of comb

I see hackle and saddle feathers comming in and that tail.

I bought them from Mt. Healthy Hatchery outside of Cincinnati OH. Supposedly good at their job for over 80 years. I don't think any of my 3 Auracanas are legit : (