HELP what gender PLEASE

[Ol Grey Mare]

By the way, the birds are not Ameraucanas. The red bird is most likely an Easter Egger (results with the crossing of a blue egg laying breed such as the Ameraucana or Araucana - to a non blue egg laying breed), and the two birds with the Columbian pattern are likely barnyard mixes given that they show some characteristics of an EE breeding, but have enough odd markers to make me think it is more of a mult-breed thing than a two breed cross.

ETA - having gone back and looked at the red bird more closely, I'm going to say mixed breed on that as well vs. EE.

 

[kbrunk]

OMG! We are first timers and were told we were buying 3 egg laying hens.:'( what do I do with three roos? They are the sweetest things, but I'm sure that won't last long.. correct??

 

[kbrunk]

Yeah that's disappointing. The lady my husband bought them from told him that were all 3 blue egg laying ameraucanas. Do you think they are all roos?

 

[ChickenPox]

I wouldn't give up on the red bird quite yet, but the two white ones are boys. Sorry.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Can you get a closeup of the red birds saddle (tail meets body) feathers? Are you certain each of the birds is attempting to crow (meaning you have seen each bird do so) or are you hearing crowing and attributing it to all of them vs. one or two?

 

[kbrunk]

Yes I will get the pic right now and yes I have seen all 3 but the red one is the best at getting out the whole crow

 

[ChickenPox]

Oh, well if he's crowing, he's a boy. Sorry.

 

[Wyandottes7]

They all look like cockerels. Sorry!

 

[BantamLover21]

I'm sorry, but they all appear to be cockerels.

 

[kbrunk]

Thanks everyone!