are my Americanos all hens or is there a rooster?

[tee050303]

Hi there. New to this but I have three Americanos and not sure if they're all hens or if there's one rooster?

 

[luvmypets]

All are hens

 

[iwiw60]

Would love to venture a guess or two, but your pic is waaaay too far away. Head shots and close-ups please if you can!

 

[Griffinsong]

Hard to tell from the picture but all their colors look female from what I can see.
These birds are Easter Eggers, but they are usually sold as Ameraucanas by hatcheries.
EEs are mixes so it is easiest to tell from their colors, rather than the combs, they tend to revert to wild type colorings where females and males are easy to tell apart from color.

 

[tee050303]

Thank you! I can take more pic in the morning!

 

[Basskids08]

Hard to tell from the picture but all their colors look female from what I can see.
These birds are Easter Eggers, but they are usually sold as Ameraucanas by hatcheries.
EEs are mixes so it is easiest to tell from their colors, rather than the combs, they tend to revert to wild type colorings where females and males are easy to tell apart from color.

I say this often and I don't want anyone to get upset, but not all hatcheries sell just EE. Their are some that do sell true Amaracanas, i have bought them myself. Myers hatchery is one if them. Yours are EE though., and all are pullets!

 

[Manningjw]

I say this often and I don't want anyone to get upset, but not all hatcheries sell just EE. Their are some that do sell true Amaracanas, i have bought them myself. Myers hatchery is one if them. Yours are EE though., and all are pullets!

Yep Hatcheries do get a bad rap. Backyard breeders post the same miss-information on Craigslist in my area.

 

[bekahubbell]

The feed store I bought my EE from advertised them as Americana/Ameraucana but she clearly turned out to be an EE.

 

[SweetSilver]

Hi there. New to this but I have three Americanos and not sure if they're all hens or if there's one rooster?

That silver in the back has a roo-ish tail. I see suggestions of sickle feathers on top. They aren't particularly pointy, but you can see it's different from the gal in front of him.

 

[tee050303]

The two silver ones and the black golden one all have the same tails and none of them have feathers sticking up on top of their heads all lays flat!