Help me sex the little divas

[jeremy]

Cheryl, is Marilyn out of Paul Pleece's EE eggs? If she is then Marilyn is definitely a boy. Paul's main breeding roo (a pure Blue Wheaten Ameraucana that I gave to him) will throw male chicks that look like BW cockerels, but with color faults/not standard color patterns if they're bred to EEs.

That's exactly what Marilyn looks like to me.

So, I still say Audrey is a boy, Jane is a girl and Marilyn is a boy.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

That's a good picture of her body - I think she's a pullet and will be gorgeous when she grows up.

 

[annaraven]

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She has hardly any comb at all... And no dark spashes at all. She's really got absolutely beautiful colors. Pearly cream and silver and gold.

 

[jeremy]

Here's a picture of my Claude (BW Ameraucana) as a chick, notice the similarity in color...

 

[annaraven]

Here's another one of her and (I think it's Jane) eating. Really, Marilyn turned from this sweet little blond chick to this stunningly gorgeous pullet (hopefully)!

 

[annaraven]

jeremy -
Gorgeous bird. When did he get his comb? Marilyn has almost no comb at all yet, compared to obvious comb and VERY obvious comb plus wattles for the other two...

 

[jeremy]

If you're interested in pure bred Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas, I'll be selling chicks in the upcoming spring months. You're in the Bay Area, right?

My hens look like this.

As chicks they look like this.

& they lay gorgeous blue eggs like these.

 

[jeremy]

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It takes Ameraucanas and EEs quite some time to get their combs, mainly due to the fact that they're pea combed, so it's not always as reliable for sexing as it is with birds that have straight combs. So, it makes sense that Marilyn isn't showing much of anything at all. Look at her comb though, if there is any sign of pink it's a little boy. The pullets will have what looks like "flesh" colored combs until they mature towards POL, then they'll turn pink and eventually red.

Another reason I started breeding BW Ameraucanas is because they are feather sexable at such a young age. Males will be darker, with blue feathers. Females will be more pale, with beautiful creamy wheaten colored feathers.

 

[annaraven]

I don't need another chicken. I don't need another chicken. I don't need...

Ahem.

But, ahem, thank you jeremy for the, ahem, kind offer. Ahem.

Yes, I'm in Sunnyvale.

BUT I really don't need another chicken. Ahem. Really. Truly.

wanders away muttering... no more chickens. really....

 

[annaraven]

Okay, I got a close-up of Marilyn. She really doesn't have a comb starting yet. It's like, the same color as the rest of her beak. Anyways, you can take a look...:

I got a couple good close-ups:
Just Marilyn (EDIT to add the right shot):

and one of Marilyn and Audrey: