Ameraucana/EE - Hens or Roos??? ADDED COMB PICS

[mamatoes]

I would say Hen. I did some reading on them. And looked at few in-person.

Eeeee you just made my day!!!

 

[mamatoes]

Zelda

Agnes

Dolores

Roos or hens?

 

[mamatoes]

Chick 1

Chick 2

Chick 3

Is it just me and my paranoia or do these all look like Roos?

 

[junebuggena]

Chick 1


Chick 2


Chick 3

Is it just me and my paranoia or do these all look like Roos?

That's a lot of comb development on chicks that aren't even feathered in yet. I'm guessing they are all boys.

 

[mamatoes]

That's a lot of comb development on chicks that aren't even feathered in yet. I'm guessing they are all boys.

They're 3 weeks.
And that's horrible news. I'm so attached already!

 

[metallicpits]

1&3 look like roos and 2 looks like pullet. Hens have 1 row and Roo will have 3.

 

[junebuggena]

1&3 look like roos and 2 looks like pullet. Hens have 1 row and Roo will have 3.

That 1 row versus 3 rows thing isn't really true. There are plenty of girls with three row combs. And there are occasionally cockerels with only one row. My last hatch of Easter Eggers, all 5 of the girls had 3 three row combs, as did the boys.

 

[mamatoes]

That 1 row versus 3 rows thing isn't really true. There are plenty of girls with three row combs. And there are occasionally cockerels with only one row. My last hatch of Easter Eggers, all 5 of the girls had 3 three row combs, as did the boys.

You literally made my day!
They're colouring is very consistant so I'm hoping that they all end up hens!

 

[junebuggena]

You literally made my day!
They're colouring is very consistant so I'm hoping that they all end up hens!

Like I said in an earlier post, they all three have a whole lot of comb development for chicks that are still feathering in. It's not the number of rows I'm looking at. It's the overall size. Too much, too soon for pullets.

 

[junebuggena]

I have 6 week old pullets that I have to squint to see their combs. The boys are all very well developed and turning red.