Possible roo?

[Sclark0012]

Hatched from my own chicken's eggs. Dad is an ameraucana/EE mix and mom is a Plymouth rock. I read that with rocks you can tell gender by coloring, big white patch on head. This one is 3 weeks old and comb getting some pink. Can I confirm this is a roo (cockerel.. lol) by the coloring?? Thanks!

 

[HappyClucker7]

Coloring isn't going to work with a mix. Since the comb is already turning pink though, I'm guessing it's a boy.

 

[23kthistlethwaite]

I believe if you cross a barred female with a non barred male, it will make a black sex link and only the males will be barred. So based on that I’m saying male

 

[HappyClucker7]

I believe if you cross a barred female with a non barred male, it will make a black sex link and only the males will be barred. So based on that I’m saying male

This doesn't work if the dad is a mix. Especially if he is a mix of EE.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hatched from my own chicken's eggs. Dad is an ameraucana/EE mix and mom is a Plymouth rock. I read that with rocks you can tell gender by coloring, big white patch on head. This one is 3 weeks old and comb getting some pink. Can I confirm this is a roo (cockerel.. lol) by the coloring?? Thanks!View attachment 2727458View attachment 2727461

Do you have a picture of the Easter egger father?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

This doesn't work if the dad is a mix. Especially if he is a mix of EE.

That doesn’t make sense to me. I think it works with a non barred dad and a barred mom.
Either way the chook is male.

 

[SpotTheCat]

This doesn't work if the dad is a mix. Especially if he is a mix of EE.

It will work as long as the father is not barred and the mother is barred no matter if they are a mix or not

 

[Frazzemrat1]

This is a cockerel. Barred females can ONLY pass on their barring gene to their sons; hence, this is a cockerel. It doesn't matter if the father is a mix himself, unless he has barring. It only can make it more difficult to tell at hatch. By this point, with the feathers coming in you can easily tell he's a cockerel because of the barring.

 

[HappyClucker7]

That doesn’t make sense to me. I think it works with a non barred dad and a barred mom.
Either way the chook is male.

It will work as long as the father is not barred and the mother is barred no matter if they are a mix or not

But if the dad is such a huge mix of different things, it would be possible that he has a barring gene. I just don't think it's an accurate way to sex a mixed chick like that. The pinkness of the comb is much more accurate in this case.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

But if the dad is such a huge mix of different things, it would be possible that he has a barring gene. I just don't think it's an accurate way to sex a mixed chick like that. The pinkness of the comb is much more accurate in this case.

if he has the barring gene, he'd be barred. He could be partially barred, but he'd show barring. So, without pics of the father we can't confirm if he has barring... But if he's a typical ee type with an ameraucana then he wouldn't be barred.