Ameraucanas - pullets or roos? (fingers crossed!)

[remarkikkin]

I'm new to this and could use your collective expertise! 8 weeks ago we got three ameraucanas, two silkies and a RIR. Trying to figure out their sex now. We thought one of the Ameraucanas was definitely male because he was brighter red colored and heaver. After seeing a lot of pictures though, I wonder if he just had bigger, redder parents and could be a she? Here's a pic with all three of them (ignore the silkies for now). The possible roo is the red one in the middle:

Here he is up close:

And here is one of the others up close that we think is a pullet:

What do you think??

 

[ve]

Girls

 

[lovinlife]

They're EEs, not Ameraucanas.
You can see the difference in color at this site:
http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook.html

That said, it's a bit hard to tell at 8 weeks. I'm not the best at guessing gender.

 

[JHaller]

I think you have a pullet because the comb development looks the same on all your birds. By eight weeks, you often (not always) start to see slight differences.

Does the suspect have spurs coming in? As for the color, my egg-laying ameraucana is a flaming redhead (with a beard), much like yours. I doubt the color indicates gender in this case.

Also, the tail and cape feathers could yield clues. Maybe you could post photos of the side view of the body showing back and tail differences, if any, with some close-ups on the legs.

 

[The Gingerbread Man]

Pullets.

 

[DTchickens]

Well their colors are female (pullets, hens) colors. And their combs aren't exactly big/red either.. They are pullets.

 

[sherrydeanne]

Most likely all pullets.

 

[krazycow6]

Im guessing pullets

 

[bishopschickens]

Im thinking the one in the middle is a roo....Sorry.

 

[Mahonri]

EE's can sometimes take until 12 weeks.

Jury is still out for me... one of the three looks like a roo to me at this point... but that could change!