EE or Ameraucana and pullet or roo? (7-8 weeks old)

NewlyHatchedEgg

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Jun 16, 2014
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Hi! I got 6 chicks June 3rd, and these two were advertised as Ameraucanas, but given the fact I bought them from a feed store and the clerk said they might lay green eggs, I’m thinking they’re Easter Eggers. As young chicks, they looked a lot like they could have been blue wheaten Am. What do you all think?
This is chick 1, I’m pretty sure she is a pullet. She is around 8 weeks old, and she is a sweetheart.



This is chick 2, and I’m 95% positive (s)he’s a cockerel. (S)He is about 7 weeks old. Around 3-4 weeks old, it developed those red splashes on its wings. (S)He is constantly challenging the other chicks to chest bump fights and has just begun using its feet to fight as well. At 5 weeks, (s)he developed those three bumps on its comb. I’m not allowed to have roosters, and since I’m new to chicken raising I would love a second opinion.


 
UPDATE: Chick 2 has started crowing on 7/17 and 7/18, but I wasn't able to confirm it was him until this morning when he crowed four times. I'll update when chick 1 starts laying
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in case anyone wants to use this thread to sex their own chicks, I know searching through other peoples threads helped me out. In case anyone was curious, he was barely 7.5 weeks old when he started crowing.
 
Update: Chick 1 or Elsa (on the left) has started laying on 12/21/14.
Chick 2 (on the left) ended up in soup on Aug 10th. We bought Belle (right) at our local feed store as a 3 month old pullet on Aug 9th. She has been laying since 12/30/14. I hope this thread will help others determine the gender of their own Easter Eggers.
 

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