Crowing Araucana Pullet, HELP!!!

[19hhbelgian]

I LOVE your "Steve" roo! It's a shame you can't keep him... Hopefully you'll find a good home for him... You don't live in PA do you????

 

[Mollyb]

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Thanks everyone for your input. I'm going to try to keep Steve until at least 20 weeks, or until Pearl lays an egg since she is the same age. I just told my daughter that if we find a blue egg in the next few weeks that we will have a party.

We live in Boise, Idaho if anyone may be interested in Steve. Hopefully he will end up in a new home and not on a plate.

 

[kassy68]

this is my 10 week old Pure ameracauna Roo.. and he is fiesty.

not the best picture.. Lucy the blue female still is very light and not really there.. But if she's crowing it is probably the roo.. fingers are crossed for ya

 

[danielbrown]

The EE looks like a roo to me, but give it some time.
It looks like my 12wk old my pure Ameraucana roosters combs.
If the black one is the same age it's likely a roo too.


Small note: "using a word lightly" can be hard to detect in type. I was not able to tell and it appears that others couldn't either.

 

[Bpmarmstrong]

my hens make wierd noises dont worry but looking at the tail feathers it looks like a rooster

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

Amerecauna's don't crow very loud maybe you can keep him,
ask your neighbors if they mind, one of my neighbors asked if she could have a rooster because she loves waking up to a crowing rooster!

 

[tulie13]

Until you go well past the 20-week mark with no blue-green egg, I'd feign ignorance. You can't know for sure until you see Steve/Stella mating with one of your other hens.

Some hens can crow, and some roosters are quiet. The tail feathers can vary somewhat, and until he/she is older, you won't have better indication, I'd say. Good luck, and BEAUTIFUL bird!

 

[classless chickens]

I just went throught this with my marans "pullets". I agree with everyone that says if it crows then it is a rooster. Not happy but dealing with it.

 

[classless chickens]

pips&peeps :

I can't see your pictures, but if it is making crowing noises, it is a cockerel.

The correct term for your chickens would be easter eggers.

Do easter eggers have the green legs is that how you can tell? I read the the ameruacana chickens have blue legs, beards and muffs, the aruacana chickens have ear tuffs and are rumpless? Is this right?​

 

[danielbrown]

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A lot of EE have green legs, but not all. EE are mutts that hatcheries sell as pure breeds and can look like anything, and lay any color egg even a disappointing white or brown.

"I read the the ameruacana chickens have blue legs, beards and muffs,"
You are correct, Wrong skin color, leg color, lack of beard and muff are major faults for AM.


"the aruacana chickens have ear tuffs and are rumpless? Is this right?" The rumpless and tuff genes work a little different.
Araucana without tuffs just can not be showed.