Please help with gender-Amerucanas

[FINALLY!FransFlock]

13.5 week old Amerucana chicks. I need help sexing these please.

#1

#2

#3

 

[columbiacritter]

I understand they are almost impossible to sex until they start to crow or lay unless you know how to vent sex.

 

[Illia]

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Nope, I can sex mine at about 8 weeks old.

#3 is a definite boy. #1 - Did those darker feathers on the wings just recently pop in? It looks like a girl, though. #2 - How red is that comb? Looks quite big, which would make that a boy.

 

[FINALLY!FransFlock]

comb not red at all. feathers always have been there

 

[jeb251]

I have to disagree on #2, looking at the saddle feathers, I would have to say pullet

 

[Illia]

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None of my Ameraucanas had saddle feathers even peeking out until about 17 weeks old.

Although with a confirmation on the comb, I'd say you just have a pullet with a big comb.

 

[RhodeRunner]

1- I am unsure about this one, the pictures are a little difficult to determine, but I don't see anything that screams rooster. In roosters the tail curves, but with Easter eggers or Amerucana hens can get that as well. So I like to look at the saddle feathers to see if they are shiny or pointy, and the same with the hackle. Hackle is neck, saddle is near the tail.

2- the tail, and thin body shape suggests pullet.

3- body shape, thicker legs, and tail feathers suggest rooster.

 

[PhlyinPheBee]

Here is a bump. Nice birds!

 

[lovinlife]

My boys all had obviously redder and larger combs than the girls. From those pics, they all look like girls to me. Keep an eye on #3, though. It looks like the tail feathers might be drooping, but the comb isn't red like I would expect on a boy.

 

[Mahonri]

Roo
Pullet
Probably roo.