Americana Rooster or Hen

[FalcoSparverius]

I don't have a picture. So could someone please describe how to tell an Americana rooster from a hen? At 4 to 5 months old?

 

[jenni2142]

Long curved tail feathers maybe? My ameraucana roo has the pointy saddle feathers and long tail feathers. This is Jack.

 

[farmerlor]

Your roo will get a nice dark comb quite a bit earlier than his girls. It's a little bigger too but they don't get wattles so that's all you get.

 

[danielbrown]

Roos comb with get red earlier than hens

Some Ameraucana came be sexed by color.
Here are some pics of all the colors of Ameraucana. Which color does your birds exactly match?
http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook.html

 

[VivasMommy]

Jack is a good looking guy! We hatched Americanas in my daughter's Kindergarten class and now we have 2 (yet to be sexed) chicks at home. My guess is that "Fluffy" is a rooster by his size/attitude/walk/personality and that "Fuzzy" is a hen (more shy/much smaller). No distinct "roo" sounds yet from "Fluffy" yet his tail is starting to get longer, more prominent feathers. BTW, how soon do chicks mature (i.e. mate/lay eggs)? Our chicks are about 2 1/2 months now & are of the lavender variety.

 

[TheCrazyClucker]

I think to know for sure the gender of FalcoSparverius's "Americana" chicken we need a picture. But Easter Egger cockerels will get more splashy coloration than pullets in the 4-5 month range.