Americaunas...sexing questions

[cabincreations]

I have two Americaunas in with my easter eggers and I am hoping they are a hen and a rooster...but I am not sure. They are somewhere between 8 and 12 weeks old


Here are the pics of the one I suspect might be a rooster:





And I am hoping perhaps a hen?



Thanks for any help!

 

[donrae]

The second bird is male, with that red leakage coming through on the wings.

I'm thinking the first one is male also. can we get comb shots of them both?

 

[cabincreations]

Thanks for the input! I hope they are not both males! lol! The one that I thought was a male has an almost rose comb....the one I thought was a female has a single comb. I will try and get pics tomorrow

 

[JK Farms]

You can't tell by their combs. I have a hen that has a comb as big as a roosters but she lays eggs so ok now it's a female. When you grab them put one finger between their legs with them facing towards you. You will feel a bone and if you feel like they're fused together they aren't but the bones are super close it's a rooster if you feel a space in between the bones it's a hen. Does that make sence?

 

[donrae]

You can tell by combs, when you combine them with the age of the bird. A mature hen should have a large, plump, red comb, but a young pullet under 4 months doesn't. Age is the key when using a comb to determine gender.

I'm not sure there's a difference in spacing between pubic bones when the birds are this young? Since a pullet of 8 weeks would not be laying yet, would her bones already be spreading? I'll have to check when I hatch some sex links.....

 

[cabincreations]

I think this one might be a hen

And here is a shot of both. Top is too bottom may be hen?

 

[Folly's place]

Look at the new hackle feathers; males' will be pointy, females rounded. Combs are tricky on EEs and Ameracaunas, I think, when they are young. Mary