9.5 week old Araucana or Australorp

[kaikuchta]

wondering if you all see Roo here or not. Bird is 9.5 weeks and starting to look much more roo like. Also wondering about the mottling on the chest if that can be a sign of being a rooster in these breeds. I got them from someone who had both Araucana and Australorp.

 

[Blackberry18]

Looks more like a Aracauna pullet to me. Does it have tail at all? Aracaunas don't have tails, and have the light eyes. Australorps have dark brown eyes and tails.

 

[CascadiaRiver]

Ararucana dont have cheeks like that, i vote amaricana or ee

 

[Blackberry18]

Ararucana dont have cheeks like that, i vote amaricana or ee

True on the muffs. Forgot to mention that.

What color are the legs? Black Amercaunas have grey legs, but if it's an Easter Egger, the legs may be greenish.

 

[Blackberry18]

Wait...definitely Easter Egger. Pure Amercaunas do not have single combs.

 

[kaikuchta]

Awesome, thanks for the help all. I see the greenish legs so thinking EE now. That's exciting to have non-brown eggs! Seeing pullet with that knowledge?

 

[Blackberry18]

Awesome, thanks for the help all. I see the greenish legs so thinking EE now. That's exciting to have non-brown eggs! Seeing pullet with that knowledge?

Easter Eggers are hybrids that contain the blue egg gene. So it's possible not to have just blue to blueish-green eggs. You could get green, pink, or even yellow, depending on the cross.

 

[CascadiaRiver]

Any full body picture to help with sexing?

 

[junebuggena]

That looks like an Easter Egger cockerel. The comb is too big and bright to be a pullet.

 

[StarMeKritten]

It could very well be an australorp easter egger mix if they had both breeds. A full body photo would help to determine sex.