Buff Ameraucana - roo or no?

[Lucy4]

True Ameraucanas do not have willow legs, like I think this chicken does. Can you get a better picture of the legs? Thanks!

Here: (though I don't know what "willow" legs are -- is that a color?

 

[Lucy4]

If it makes you feel any better--the super friendly cockerels are often the ones that become aggressive at sexual maturity. The "sweet" (but actually pretty aggressive) behavior as a cockerel translates into the rooster not having any respect for humans and treating them like hens. I would personally not want a cockerel that wanted to be picked up and petted.

That's interesting. Though I don't don't know I'd call this chicken friendly as much as I would docile. It's nervous when you pick it up, but when you put it in my child's lap, it settles down and is very gentle. It gets beat up by the other young one in its pen (a very small pullet.)

 

[Lucy4]

looks rather pullety to me. the comb is kind of red loking tho0ugh. Is it really that red , or a play of light?
Any crowing? Do you see saddle feathers (thin pointy feathers just above the base of the tail) ?

It really is red (compared to my other Ameraucana of the same age.) I've not heard any crowing, though my husband swears he did. My obnoxious Andalusian hen does sound like a rooster though, so you never know.

She has some rounded feathers and some pointed ones in the tail area. So hard to say !

 

[donrae]

If this is a rooster (and I believe it is), please quit treating it as a pet and putting it in your child's lap. Hens are great pets, roosters are intact male livestock and need to be treated with respect, not as pets. As stated, roosters that are used to a lot of contact with humans lose respect for them and are well known to get massively aggressive when they reach sexual maturity. If you're not prepared to treat the rooster as a rooster and not a pet, please rehome it so your child(ren) don't get hurt.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

And this may not be anything, but I was looking at this website ---------------> http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook.html

This is a picture of a Buff Ameraucana. Check it out ----------------> http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook_files/lfbufff.jpg
The plumage looks to be lighter on this bird than the OP's bird, and also it has a white beard as opposed to the white beard of the chicken pictured on the link above.
Yes, I know plumage color can vary from dark to light and the coloring of the OP's bird could just be the lighting, but what about the beard?

I refer to this website all the time. I have read everything on it some things several times lol

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Here: (though I don't know what "willow" legs are -- is that a color?

I cant tell by this pic, sometimes I think I am colorblind lol. Just look at the bottom of its feet. If the bottoms of its feet are white it is an ameraucana, i the they are yellow it is an easter egger. Problem solved!

 

[Lucy4]

I cant tell by this pic, sometimes I think I am colorblind lol. Just look at the bottom of its feet. If the bottoms of its feet are white it is an ameraucana, i the they are yellow it is an easter egger. Problem solved!

Ha, did not know that!! Thanks for the info, that is really useful.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Ha, did not know that!! Thanks for the info, that is really useful.

No problem

 

[OrpieOwner]

Quote:
Originally posted by donrae
If this is a rooster (and I believe it is), please quit treating it as a pet and putting it in your child's lap. Hens are great pets, roosters are intact male livestock and need to be treated with respect, not as pets. As stated, roosters that are used to a lot of contact with humans lose respect for them and are well known to get massively aggressive when they reach sexual maturity. If you're not prepared to treat the rooster as a rooster and not a pet, please rehome it so your child(ren) don't get hurt.

Donrae I personally don't agree with that statement, seeing how most roosters I know that have been treated with respect have become aggressive. My rooster,Roo(I am not very creative with names) was treated as a pet and was very loyal and friendly until I started treating him with respect as a livestock animal. He then turned a little meaner.

 

[OrpieOwner]

The more you spend time and interact with the rooster, the friendly your rooster will be. Orpington's are usually overall friendly, so interacting more with them will make them really friendly!