Cockerel or Pullet? self-blue Ameraucana edition

[RuffIedFeathers]

I have 5 self-blue and 1 wheaten. I think the wheaten is a cockerel, the self-blues I'm unsure of. They each have a different color band; blue, green, pink, purple, and yellow. I would love any guesses/confirmation, please! ETA: They are about 12 weeks old.

 

[sourland]

The Wheaten is a pullet, and I see nothing in the others that screams cockerel.

 

[CaliforniaMountainChicks]

Wheaten is 100% a pullet and from the photos in not seeing any lavender cockerels.

 

[RuffIedFeathers]

Wow, I feel dumb. Looks like I have a LOT to learn about this breed. I thought I was seeing saddle feathers and assumed he (she) would darken with age. Thanks for helping me! So are the longer saddle feathers on see on some of the lavenders definitely not an indication of them being a cockerel? Thank you.

 

[Sussex19]

All chickens have saddle feathers, it's whether or not they are pointed.
EE type breeds do tend to have drooping feathers there, but as long as they are rounded it's a pullet.

I agree with the others btw

 

[TRALALARA1]

They all look like pullets to me. I would think that by 12 weeks cockerels would have pretty big red combs.

 

[CaliforniaMountainChicks]

Wow, I feel dumb. Looks like I have a LOT to learn about this breed. I thought I was seeing saddle feathers and assumed he (she) would darken with age. Thanks for helping me! So are the longer saddle feathers on see on some of the lavenders definitely not an indication of them being a cockerel? Thank you.

Your wheaten is 100% a pullet because wheaten coloring is sexually dimorphic, so the males would look very different when first feathering in! 12 weeks is around the time males would be getting their pointy skinny saddle feathers in but so far I’m not seeing that on your lavenders, I also went by their pretty small and pale combs. I would just watch for any pointy skinny ones coming in the next few weeks, Ameraucanas can be slower maturing but so far I’m seeing pullets.