Hen/Roo? What breed?

lauren3177

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Hey Guys!
I am in need of your opinions today!
I have raised about a total of 25 or so chickens of all different breeds. I am in no means an expert, but I wouldn’t consider myself a newbie. That being said I have never raised an Americana until
now. I do know that it is fairly difficult to sex Americaunas until a little later.

In this batch, I have 8 chickens, all 4 1/2 weeks old. One is an Americauna. I cannot tell if it is a roo or not. It seems to have a bit more red on the comb than the others, yet the comb is not very pronounced at all. I’ll attach photos. This guy does seem to pick fights with the others too.

Also, does anyone have a guess as to which variety this one is of the Americana types?
 

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It's way too young to tell for sure, but I'm thinking that's a cockerel. Also, it's almost certainly an Easter egger rather than an Ameraucana. Not sure what that particular color is called.

I got a young EE last year thinking for sure that it was a pullet, and he's turned out to be a cockerel. Below is a photo of him at approximately eight weeks old. I don't know the exact date that he hatched, but made my most accurate guess based on his characteristics when I got him. Many EEs have pea combs, which don't look pronounced as quickly as a typical single comb does. I really believed my boy was a pullet until about four months of age, when the cockerel characteristics hit him all at once.

~8 weeks:
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