BLRW/BBS Ameraucana Chick... It's a GIRL for Sure (Newer pics post 45)

[seminolewind]

Are you sure DH isn't playing a trick on you?

 

[speckledhen]

It's not my DH, Karen, but the husband of the nice woman who sent me the eggs. It was his rooster who got in with her hens, I take it. Or maybe they were running together for a time and she'd just separated them, can't recall the details. I'm pretty sure of Rita's parentage since she looked exactly like a BLRW chick when she hatched from her blue egg.

 

[QuailHollow]

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That would've been my husband's bird. He was fond of his bearded girls. .. until I locked him up!

 

[speckledhen]

There's that big hunka rooster! Thanks for posting his picture. Hey, all my roosters seem to love the bearded ladies, so he's not alone, Sam! Rita's a cutie. Can't wait to see what shade of green she lays.

 

[QuailHollow]

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I have a splash/white hen, but.. no other white. This is her with "Pigg":

 

[speckledhen]

Your EE is so pretty! Such a cool color pattern she has!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Rita is a cute name, it's the same name as the "Picture of the week chicken!!!! "

 

[TurtleFeathers]

Rita looks like a cockerel to me Cynthia - those wattles in the very first picture you posted just look too big for a hen at 5 weeks? Very interesting cross tho - would love to see pics as he/she grows!

 

[speckledhen]

I hope Rita is not a Rodney, but nothing would surprise me. She's over six weeks old now and no pink at all in wattles or comb, nothing to indicate a cockerel at the moment. I think the close up pics make the wattles look bigger than they are, LOL. As always, the best sexing method is the "wait and see" method.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Well my vote is pullet. Especially with the single comb, she is going to have a bit of wattle. She does look like a RIR--amazing. It will be fun to see what color egg she lays!