Blue Wheaten - pullet or roo?

[VioletBlueBell]

Hi everyone! I have this super lovely Blue Wheaten 6 week old chick. Any opinions about roo or pullet? It's SO friendly and sweet. Hoping it's a pullet!

 

[PippinChicken]

I’ve got very similar looking Wheaton chicks and was told they were pullets Males should have very dark chests.

 

[VioletBlueBell]

Yay!! Thank you!

 

[Lifeiseasy]

That’s a really pretty little chickie you’ve got there. I’ve never even heard of that breed but judging by the comb and rounded tail feathers I say it’s a pullet.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Its a pullet.

 

[JedJackson]

That’s a really pretty little chickie you’ve got there. I’ve never even heard of that breed but judging by the comb and rounded tail feathers I say it’s a pullet.

Blue wheaten is a color type, not a breed. I think the breed in this case is Ameraucana, so it's a blue wheaten Ameraucana pullet. I agree it is pretty!

 

[VioletBlueBell]

Thank you! Yes, sorry, I left out the Ameracuana part

So excited that everyone thinks it's a she!

 

[JedJackson]

Thank you! Yes, sorry, I left out the Ameracuana part

So excited that everyone thinks it's a she!

No need to be sorry at all-- just trying to make it clear for new folks. And yes, you can be pretty certain it's a girl. A cockerel would have blue feathers coming in at the breast, since they eventually have a completely different color pattern from females in this variety.

 

[drumstick diva]

x2 Jed Jackson

 

[VioletBlueBell]

Here she is at 10 weeks