Help Sexing Ameraucanas

[Azure Acres]

We have 4 Ameraucana chicks that will be 5 weeks old on Fri/Sat. I know it is still a little early, but any guesses on gender? These came out of some B/B/S eggs.

These are the largest and darkest two.

This is the lightest and one of the smallest two.

The smallest

The smallest two-tails side by side
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Smallest in the middle with others on the outside

All 4

2 biggest in back and 2 smallest in front

 

[Farmer Viola]

can you take pics of their faces? (combs and wattles)

 

[Azure Acres]

I will try tomorrow. I had 4 uncooperative chicks and a hungry jack russell working against me tonight.

 

[Azure Acres]

Another of the smallest

 

[Farmer Viola]

their feathering sure looks female from the top. the one face pic you posted looks female too, no pink in the comb and no visible wattles!

 

[Azure Acres]

One of the larger, darker ones

The other page dark one

The lightest

The smallest

 

[Farmer Viola]

The lightest

 

[Azure Acres]

3 of them have very similar sized tail feathers, but that one has much smaller tail feathers. They are shorter. Think there is any significance? That one is also the most standoffish.

 

[Farmer Viola]

I usually start seeing rooster shaped feathers around 8 weeks, I don't know that you would be able to tell on feathering at this age.

Boys will get triangle-tipped feathers, girls have rounded feathers. The triangle tipped feathers grow from their neck (hackle) and back (saddle). When they come in, you can sometimes lift up a wing and see the pointy saddle feathers on their back/side under the wing.

In my experience, females are more cautious and untrusting and males are more bold, hoping onto my arm/shoulder right out of the brooder. every chick is different though