Blue Wheaten Americana Chicks - What gender?

[MemphisChickens]

Updated Pictures. Any guesses now on who the Roo is?

SPLISH







SPLASH







NOODLE

 

[BlazeJester]

Wow - I'm going to leave the verdict to the Ameraucana pros, but it almost looks like you have all roos with that crazy patchy coloring on all three.

 

[2seth2]

mabye all roos but there might be one hen

 

[mama24]

Looks like all boys to me, too, iffy on that third one. Taking a second look, I'm leaning towards girl on the 3rd one, but the other 2 are boys by coloring. I don't have wheaten Ameraucanas, but I do have other wheaten birds.

Also, they are not well bred Ameraucanas. True Ameraucanas don't have leg feathering, and they have slate legs. Pink would be more acceptable than yellow. Yellow is a definite sign that they are crossbred. That and the feathered legs, of course. I would call them Easter Eggers, personally. Sorry. You got them from someone local? They are not real breeders, imo.

 

[2seth2]

They all start yellow and feathering is a commom defect but by no the legs should be darker

 

[MemphisChickens]

OK I thought the first two may be roos and I was hoping #3 was a pullet. They did come from a local breeder and they were more expensive than I expected. What do you think they may be crossbred with? I will give the first two to the other couple that I was brooding them for, and let them decide, and keep #3 in hopes that Noodle is a "she" :/ Noodle #3 is the calmest and the other 2 Splish and Splash are completely spastic. They very very dramatic and flighty and call to one another like velociraptors when separated. I was holding Splish one day and he/she started this alarming call to Splash and Splash then ran over to me and jumped on me to get to Splish. I hope they are very happy in their new home together :/
I really hope noodle is a pullet I want blue/green eggs !!!

 

[BlueCamas]

They all look like cockerels to me. Those bright yellow legs are really bothering me. I have never had Ameraucana chicks so I don't have experience, but I would think that if they are really purebred Ameraucana their legs would be slate by now. I hope an Ameraucana expert chimes in here

 

[MemphisChickens]

Is it the coloring that makes them look like roos?

 

[chicharomirinda]

by coloring, the first two look to be roos, the last one may be a pullet.

Again, don't worry about the legs. they are purebred Ameraucanas. The W/BW start out with light legs and they get darker. That is how it is with this color variety. Sometimes you have to take what commenters say on BYC with a grain of salt since they don't always know what they're talking about and people love to tell others they don't have a good quality bird, etc. I'm not an expert but I do have W/BW chicks from a breeder. I have also done some searching to get info on W/BW so I found out about the legs and not to worry about them being yellow at first.

 

[hdowden]

The 2nd one for sure is a cockerel he has that deep mahogany red on spots that only cockerels get i'm going to have get on a computer and look at them again