Hen or Rooster?

[hdowden]

the one in question is your only cockerel and is a nice looking ee. are you sure this person is a breeder and didn't order the chicks from a hatchery?

 

[Pele]

the one in question is your only cockerel and is a nice looking ee. are you sure this person is a breeder and didn't order the chicks from a hatchery?

Yeah... I've been wondering this as well. Sorry OP

 

[aoxa]

Oh wow, thank you for labeling them all!! The black one was sold to us as a "Olive Egger". I guess the eggs will be similar to what we had thought. The one you labeled as "production red pullet" is she an Ameraucana? (that is what they sold her as) My Cuckoo is the oldest born 5-22-12, weird her combs are still very small. The SLW was born 6-25-12 as she is the youngest, I got her when I took back the aggressive one.

Pele answered your question about that perfectly SLW develop combs/wattles early, but are late layers. She may take a while yet.

It's possible she's a hatchery quality RIR (which in my opinion are just Production Reds anyway). Here is a picture of a heritage RIR, they are a completely different color than your girl: Heritage RIRs are dark rich mahogany brown. Very pretty birds, but I personally am not a fan of how loud they are. I actually prefer Production Reds . You could probably get away with not letting your run dry, but it'll be messy work, and require LOTS of sand.

Here is my own heritage RIR hen. The OP's bird is just a production red, as the standard for RIR is very specific, and she does not fit in the standard at all. She will lay really well, and that's all that matters

the one in question is your only cockerel and is a nice looking ee. are you sure this person is a breeder and didn't order the chicks from a hatchery?

That's exactly what I thought as well hwdowden. Though that Black Ameraucana looks as pure an Ameraucana I've seen. She's beautiful. If she laid green eggs, I would label her EE though. Only blue eggs for true Ameraucanas. Also - about the friendliness: No my EE is skittish. The older ones are not, and will jump to my lap and allow me to pet them if I want

 

[Ariel188]

Wow they are very pretty, thank you for the photo! Do you know what color eggs my production red should lay? Thank you.

 

[aoxa]

Wow they are very pretty, thank you for the photo!  Do you know what color eggs my production red should lay?  Thank you.

 

Brown

 

[Ariel188]

the one in question is your only cockerel and is a nice looking ee. are you sure this person is a breeder and didn't order the chicks from a hatchery?

She said she was a breeder, and I went to her home and there was (she said about 200 chicks) in her backyard in varies cages set up. There were only a couple roosters there, she said she keeps the rest off site. I paid good money because they were suppost to be organic feed. How would I know if she is a false breeder? Are there any other signs or clues? :-( Aren't hatcherys a bad place? Like factory farming?

Brown

Brown....oh noes, she was suppost to be a blue layer. :-(

 

[aoxa]

She said she was a breeder, and I went to her home and there was (she said about 200 chicks) in her backyard in varies cages set up.  There were only a couple roosters there, she said she keeps the rest off site.  I paid good money because they were suppost to be organic feed.  How would I know if she is a false breeder?  Are there any other signs or clues?  :-(




Brown....oh noes, she was suppost to be a blue layer.  :-(

I'm thinking she ordered these chicks by the bulk from a hatchery.

How much did you pay for each chick? I think you were scammed

 

[goldfinches]

The black Ameraucana has pretty dark legs, maybe she's been mixed with a marans or something to make her an olive egger?

You'll probably have blue eggs from your EE, green from your OE, brown from the rest, (although I'm not positive about the white bird's egg colors.)

It's possible she does breed them at her house, but started with hatchery stock. Funny, though, that she was able to get purebred chicks in all those different breeds but have them be hatchery quality. Makes me think she may have, as others suspect, ordered a bunch from a hatchery and resold them.

 

[aoxa]

The black Ameraucana has pretty dark legs, maybe she's been mixed with a marans or something to make her an olive egger?

You'll probably have blue eggs from your EE, green from your OE, brown from the rest, (although I'm not positive about the white bird's egg colors.)

It's possible she does breed them at her house, but started with hatchery stock. Funny, though, that she was able to get purebred chicks in all those different breeds but have them be hatchery quality.  Makes me think she may have, as others suspect, ordered a bunch from a hatchery and resold them.

and why she also guaranteed them to be girls

I am pretty sure marans have white/pink legs. That wouldn't make her legs darker.

 

[Ariel188]

I'm thinking she ordered these chicks by the bulk from a hatchery.
How much did you pay for each chick? I think you were scammed

I paid $20 per chick! Why is it you all think they are hatchery chicks? And what does that mean exactly?