Need help sexing 4 of my 9 week old ameraucanas

Sam peoples

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Hi, Im new to BYC but I have used this website for some helpful information before so I figured I would join and make a post of my own. I have 4 9 week old ameraucanas that should be pullets and that I think are pullets but I want some reassurance.
I have 3 pictures of what I’m guessing is a wheaten ameraucana
3 pictures of a lavender ameraucana
3 pictures of a brown ameraucana with lighter neck feathers
And 3 pictures of a brown ameraucana with darker neck feathers.

Sorry about all of the pictures 😂 thank you for your help
 

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Welcome to BYC!! You have some beautiful birds! May I ask where you got them? I don’t see any boys. I don’t even see any I would keep an eye on. They all look like pullets to me.
 
Wow your fourth bird is a dead ringer for mine. We're pretty sure she just laid her first egg today (didn't catch her in the box). Expect her to get more orange on the top of her head (but also not to grow into her head)

So, I'll name that I think these are Easter Eggers, often labeled Americana (or something similar) - but aren't true pure-bred Ameraucanas. Those are usually about $10/chick and not sold at feed stores. The girl I mention above is definitely an Easter Egger.

Everybody looks like girls to me. And they all look *extremely serious* about being chickens - love that.
 
Thank you for your help. What is the difference between ameraucanas and Easter eggers?
Ameraucanas are a true breed with a standard. Easter eggs are crosses, typically Ameraucanas, Cream Legbars, Araucanas, or another pure blue egg laying breed that is mixed with any other breed. You can read more about the difference here.
 
That's very funny! It's such a beautiful color pattern too.

Thanks! I've seen the pattern all over the board this spring/summer - I think it's a Welsummer X EE/Ameraucana cross? She's enormous and very tall. (And I'll also note, I think you weighed in first on her being a pullet and were right!)

@Sam peoples - so the Ameraucana are purebred birds, whereas EEs are mutts. They're usually a Ameraucana crossed with something else, sometimes another EE or various other breeds that will still produce blue eggs. But a lot of the hatcheries kind of skirt the line, naming their Easter Eggers something that *sounds* or *reads* like Ameraucana.

But, unless you're starting a breeding program, no harm done. You get cheaper, hybrid chicks that will still all lay blue (or sometimes other colored) eggs. Your girls all have green legs that are a telltale sign of EEs, and that also means they'll most likely lay in a range of blue colors for you.
 

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