My Americana Roo's

[georgiapumpkin]

I posted a while back asking for advice if I had Roo's or not because I ordered all females and oops a couple of Roo's were mixed in. Lol
Here is an updated photo of my handsome guys. For what it's worth they turned out pretty for Roo's
I do have another question if another one is a Roo or not. Maybe y'all can tell by the pictures.
The first 3 are of the Americana Roo's and the last ones is the one I'm asking about if it's another Roo. Then I just have a picture of some of them together just cause there so pretty. As you can tell I Love my babies. Lol
Thanks

 

[Gray Farms]

The one in question is a female

 

[Painted Calls]

Pullet.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Pullet, and not an Easter Egger. Which your Americanas are.

 

[Birds of a Feather]

The last one’s a pullet.

 

[georgiapumpkin]

Thanks, I'm glad it's not 3 rooster's that I have now.
I wasn't supposed to have the other 2. Lol
I bought 3 Americauna's just for the colored eggs and 2 are the Roo's Oh well, live and learn. Lol
Thanks again

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

The reason that poster #4 said your pullet is Not an americana/easter egger is because she has a straight comb. With americanas/easter eggers (same thing), the blue egg gene is 96% of time linked to a pea comb. Your pullet may have been sold as an americana, but her straight comb means she has likely lost the blue egg gene, & her eggs will therefore likely be brown. My broody hens have hatched hundreds of easter egger chicks, enough to winess the 96/4% rule. I.e. 96% with pea combs lay either blue or green eggs. A handful with pea combs have laid brown eggs, but i cant recall any with straight combs laying anything but brown eggs. Your pullet is beautiful none-the-less, as are your boys. I eapecially love the americana roo with the blue feathers accents. But may be necessary to keep trying if you want blue or green eggs. Or u can use the 2 roosters with your current hens. If your current hens all lay brown eggs, the resulting offspring hens should be 25-50% green layers, depending on if the roos carry double blue egg genes, or one blue & one brown egg gene. (I am assuming both roosters each carry at least one blue egg gene since they have pea combs.

 

[georgiapumpkin]

The reason that poster #4 said your pullet is Not an americana/easter egger is because she has a straight comb. With americanas/easter eggers (same thing), the blue egg gene is 96% of time linked to a pea comb. Your pullet may have been sold as an americana, but her straight comb means she has likely lost the blue egg gene, & her eggs will therefore likely be brown. My broody hens have hatched hundreds of easter egger chicks, enough to winess the 96/4% rule. I.e. 96% with pea combs lay either blue or green eggs. A handful with pea combs have laid brown eggs, but i cant recall any with straight combs laying anything but brown eggs. Your pullet is beautiful none-the-less, as are your boys. I eapecially love the americana roo with the blue feathers accents. But may be necessary to keep trying if you want blue or green eggs. Or u can use the 2 roosters with your current hens. If your current hens all lay brown eggs, the resulting offspring hens should be 25-50% green layers, depending on if the roos carry double blue egg genes, or one blue & one brown egg gene. (I am assuming both roosters each carry at least one blue egg gene since they have pea combs.

Thanks, but the one in question is a Pearl Star Leghorn.
I have 3 of those &
3 Brahma's
3 White Leghorns
3 Americauna's ( the 2 Roo's ) ( the one that is a female does have a Pea comb )
3 Barred Rock's

The reason why I was concerned about her being a Roo is because she has darker colors than her sisters.
But it is interesting about the egg colors.
Here is a picture of my female Americana. Her name is Cheeky.

 

[Johnny17]

Pullet, she looks like a welsummer

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

Oh ok glad to see pic of your beatiful easter egger pullet! When you said you got 3 americanas for colored eggs, i misunderstood & thought pullet in pic was your 3rd americana.