Olive Egger pullet but no tail? and roo?

[mrs_ed]

I hatched 2 olive eggers about 6 weeks ago now, and I am pretty positive I got one pullet and one roo. Pics posted for positive ID.
Also, the blue pullet, appears to not have a tail? I love this bird btw she is the sweetest chicken I have yet to own, the black one, which im pretty positive is a roo, is a little poop! ha! he already at 6 weeks old comes straight for me whenever I go near and pecks at my hands! They both hatched out of dark copper marans eggs, and were a cross between black copper marans and ameracauna. what do you all think? whats with the no tail feathers??

this is the one im pretty positive a roo, very different comb than blue chick his same age

 

[nurse_turtle]

I agree with your assessment. That little Roo has ginormous legs!

 

[anderson8505]

It's from the Araucana genetics I believe. Araucanas don't have tails.

 

[Magic Birdie]

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SOME don't have tails...

 

[mrs_ed]

ok i had it wrong, i looked back at the auction listing, and these were from an olive egger roo and black copper marans. Idk if the tail is supposed to look like that with a marans maybe? or if I just got some crazy mutt genetics

either way, i love her

 

[Blue Ninja]

My blue wheaten easter egger pullet didn't have tail feathers until she was about 5 months old, so it could still happen. I was kinda disappointed though because she looked so interesting.

 

[mrs_ed]

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oh ok thats good to know thank you, i kinda hope she doesnt she looks too cute w/o them

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

If there is a bump where the tail should be they might get feathers on it later. If it doesn't have a bump it is truly tail less. Olive eggers have americana or araucana (rump less) in there genetics. I had one of those. It was the first one to sell.

 

[Illia]

Yeah Olive Eggers with Araucanas behind them are pretty darn rare. I think I'm one of the very few people who sell such, and even mine because they're only half Araucana only get a 50% chance of being rumpless, and the "rumpless" still has more of a bump on the back than purebred Araucanas do.



Either you've got a fluke or you have someone who's got a very slow growing tail. It happens.

 

[Cosmos6chick]

I have a Blue Andalusion/mottled Orpington 3 month old, also with no tail. Not sure if it's male or female. I thought it would be male since no tail feathers, but not showing any other cockerel signs. Did yours end up female for sure?