Americauna Chicks

[BuckAlorp]

I have 4 Americauna chicks. 1 chick has coloring on its shoulder as in the top pick, the other 3 have a silver shoulder as in the bottom photo. I'm thinking that the silver shouldered ones are males, they act like I would expect a male chick to act, challenging the other silver shoulders, and cuddling with the colored shouldered one. Oh, and they are bigger than all of the other chicks. I'm not positive of this but it makes sense to me of what I am seeing. Does anyone know if the coloring of the wings is an indicator of sex in an Americauna which are only 3 weeks old.

 

[JedJackson]

It is much too early to judge these chicks by color or behavior. 6 weeks is a good starting point.

 

[BuckAlorp]

I just thought I noticed something, someone told me that Isa brown male chicks are all white and easily sexed, was just wondering if the Americauna had a similar trait with different colored shoulders.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I just thought I noticed something, someone told me that Isa brown male chicks are all white and easily sexed, was just wondering if the Americauna had a similar trait with different colored shoulders.

Think what you’re referring to is the red that comes in over the shoulders in many cockerels. Easter Eggers (what you are calling Americauna) are known to do this. The coloring is not found though on all EE males and usually comes in much later when the bird is over six weeks of age.
Isa Browns are a kind of red sex link chicken and these are hybrids intentionally crossed so that you can tell the difference between male and female chicks at hatch.
Unfortunately the same doesn’t hold true for Easter Eggers as their color genetics are quite mixed.
If you were indeed talking about Ameraucana (note spelling difference) these are a different breed all together. They come in known pure colors.
The shoulders in males that are blue will often be darker blue than the rest of the feathers indicating male but again this won’t happen until the birds are quite a bit older.
Hope this makes sense.