Hen or Rooster?

[Audio51]

I posted a few pictures of the saddle feathers lowere down in the thread. I;m not reassly sure how pointy they would need to be to indicate a rooster...

 

[seramachick8]

I just read this!


Color Indications

• The color of your rooster is a reliable indicator of maturity. Young birds, both male and female, have a deep yellow coloring on their legs and feet. This coloring may vary depending on the color of your bird, but the important thing to watch for is any change. As your rooster matures, he will lose that bright yellow coloring, which will become more muted and gray, brown or black. The rooster's feathers will also change from the subtle chick coloring to a vibrant adult color.

Changes in the Comb

• Changes in the comb of the rooster are also helpful in recognizing maturity. The comb is the crest on the head of your rooster. This will be nonexistent on a chick and will slowly grow on a maturing cockerel. Ameraucana roosters have a pea comb, which is a smaller comb that remains close to the head upon maturity. The comb turns vivid red once the rooster has matured."

Read more: When Do Ameraucana Roosters Mature? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_10072554_ameraucana-roosters-mature.html#ixzz286NlXjO5



Hope this helps! I had second thoughts after I read this!

 

[Audio51]

Well...5 weeks later and they are about 16 weeks now. Maybe this bird a hen after all. No crowing and no long saddle feathers. Definitely no comb or wattle developement. I sure hope it's a hen.....i was looking forward to blue eggs...

 

[OrpieLover31]

Yeahhhh, I think this one is a hen. Does not look like a rooster at all! SHE looks very pretty

 

[dl9976]

what did it turn out to be?

 

[Audio51]

It was a hen......but laying Brown eggs instead of the green or blue I had hoped for.