16 week-old “blue ameraucana” sex and ID help

[three_grannies]

Hello!

I purchased Opal as a sexed female blue ameraucana from a local breeder. But she doesn’t have a beard or muff and doesn’t seem to have a pea comb. Is that possible in ameraucanas?

I’m also suspicious that she could be a he. She’s only 16 weeks so she hasn’t laid an egg yet but I’ve noticed in the past few weeks some protective behaviors, like charging at my feet if I’m carrying a different chicken and pecking at my hand if I’m petting her friend. She was also tidbitting for me today. No crows! We don’t have a rooster in our flock, so I was also wondering if she is just taking the role of protector.

Any thoughts?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Ya, she's not an Ameraucana but is a female.

 

[TillyPeeps]

Pullet. Definitely not an ameraucana.

 

[WingItRanch]

I'm no expert on pure blue ameraucanas but I'm pretty confident if she is one, she's not SOP. She looks nothing like the true ameraucanas I've seen. I will say she looks like a pullet.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

100% female and 100% NOT Ameraucana. Almost looks like a blue Orpington.

 

[Rose the Legbar]

Pullet and I think she is a Blue Australorp.