Lavender Ameracuana Male or Female??

[InterestingChickens]

Well if these turn out to be cockerel does anyone know or want them, will ship them, lol! Or if your in Idaho bring them to ya

You could try posting them in the 'buy, sell and trade' sub-forum, or on your state thread as well.

 

[Silviaschicks]

These are more what do ya think now??

Here is more!! No aggression and 17 weeks now and no crowing or dominance like I have seen in others

Couple of others they are scared of the older birds and younger birds as well!!

definitely roos

 

[Painted Calls]

Now it looks like both have saddle feathers. I guess I was wrong the first time. They both actually look like cockerels.

Agreed! Lav birds can be hard with that shredding. Add a pea comb and sometimes it just takes more pics to see it.

 

[Mikeandcorina]

Thanks ya all I appreciate it, I figured I did have some Roos but was in denial and now I need to figure out how to get them re home them and I have never had to do it so I am in Boise Idaho and need ideas

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Both definitely cockerels

 

[kurby22]

Thanks ya all I appreciate it, I figured I did have some Roos but was in denial and now I need to figure out how to get them re home them and I have never had to do it so I am in Boise Idaho and need ideas

Darn, I’m from Boise originally but live in CA now. I’d consider taking them if I lived nearby. I think they’re beautiful and would make great partners to my little ladies that are the same age! Just for comparison I attached pics of my Fluff and Puff. They are the sweetest and most friendly birds I have

 

[Mikeandcorina]

Darn, I’m from Boise originally but live in CA now. I’d consider taking them if I lived nearby. I think they’re beautiful and would make great partners to my little ladies that are the same age! Just for comparison I attached pics of my Fluff and Puff. They are the sweetest and most friendly birds I have

Such beautiful girls, I was hoping mine were girls but a lot say they look like cockrels and we raised them from egg up and still not crowing at 17 weeks so idk it’s a bummer but the tail is what people are saying it is, but one of yours has a tail that pokes out a bit but idk

 

[Mikeandcorina]

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Such beautiful girls, I was hoping mine were girls but a lot say they look like cockrels and we raised them from egg up and still not crowing at 17 weeks so idk it’s a bummer but the tail is what people are saying it is, but one of yours has a tail that pokes out a bit but idk

if shipping wasent so expensive hahaha

 

[kurby22]

Such beautiful girls, I was hoping mine were girls but a lot say they look like cockrels and we raised them from egg up and still not crowing at 17 weeks so idk it’s a bummer but the tail is what people are saying it is, but one of yours has a tail that pokes out a bit but idk

Yeah, I think on yours, what I see as the more tell tale sign is the narrow feathers cascading around the back tail feathers. Those look to be the saddle feathers that only the boys get - it is a LOT harder to see them on lavender chickens! I have a Lavender Orpington that I was convinced was a girl...and then he got those same feathers like yours has on his back and then his comb and wattles caught up and it was pretty obvious They may take a few more weeks before they crow, I had one boy that never crowed in the whole 6 months I had him, but he was very low in the pecking order and I am guessing he didn't feel comfortable trying to assert any announcements of his presence out of deference to the other two boys I had. I found him a new home, and she sent me video of him crowing away with his new flock of ladies all to himself haha.

 

[kurby22]

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if shipping wasent so expensive hahaha

I know, right?? Your babies are very pretty and will likely find a home if you have to rehome them eventually. Lavender is such a popular coloring and they make great breeders for Olive Eggers, Easter Eggers, etc. Carrying the blue egg gene is a nice genetic benefit! Good luck with your babies and enjoy them while you have them! It's such a bummer when you invest in them from eggs and raise them and neither is a hen! That was how I felt about my four baby chicks I ever bought. Two lavenders and two blue laced red wyandottes...and both lavender Orps were boys and the blue laced red was a boy...the only one that turned out to be a hen, was the Gold Laced Wyandotte I got that was supposed to be Blue Laced! I was really sad I did keep the favorite boy, my lav Orp because my neighborhood allows roosters if the lot is big enough, but I don't have near enough space to keep 3 big roosters!