roo or hen ameraucana please help!

[Chickassan]

Then he just dosent want to crow yet. He must be pretty full of himself!

actually the two occasions i seen the the black one run up to thenrooster he stood taller and the white rooster that crows backed down. the black one has always been the boss out of all of them

 

[Boredsvt]

well actually he just crowed. a dog was on the other side of the fence and they booth started crowing. and no the black guy is def. in charge of the group. he always leads. they arent fighting but the black one shows his dominance

 

[Boredsvt]

and the all white one is a hen. they arent breading yet.

 

[fatbeamie]

So, I've never uploaded pictures before, I hope this is correct! I'm sure the Brown and White is a Roo, he crows and is definitely the aggressive one, the rest I'm not sure about. I was told they were Ameraucanas and 11 weeks when they were delivered to me, that was mother's day weekend (my girls thought it would be a great mothers day gift), so they are about 20 weeks I guess. They are in a pen with their coop that my husband and I put together in a panic to keep them protected. I don't free range as I have tons of hawks, I have just started to let them out at dusk to roam a bit. But am thinking about just letting the Roo out during the day for a bit (while supervising) to give the girls a break. He attacked one last night, but as I'm not sure if the rest are male or female, I don't know if it was him being frisky so to speak or dominate.

 

[DobieLover]

So, I've never uploaded pictures before, I hope this is correct! I'm sure the Brown and White is a Roo, he crows and is definitely the aggressive one, the rest I'm not sure about. I was told they were Ameraucanas and 11 weeks when they were delivered to me, that was mother's day weekend (my girls thought it would be a great mothers day gift), so they are about 20 weeks I guess. They are in a pen with their coop that my husband and I put together in a panic to keep them protected. I don't free range as I have tons of hawks, I have just started to let them out at dusk to roam a bit. But am thinking about just letting the Roo out during the day for a bit (while supervising) to give the girls a break. He attacked one last night, but as I'm not sure if the rest are male or female, I don't know if it was him being frisky so to speak or dominate.

You've got two cockerels. You should consider rehoming one of them.
I know you did not ask but I would advise not to feed them cracked corn like that. That is a LOT of cracked corn for 4 birds. What is their normal diet? All treats should be limited to less than 10% of their total intake for the day.

 

[fatbeamie]

You've got two cockerels. You should consider rehoming one of them.
I know you did not ask but I would advise not to feed them cracked corn like that. That is a LOT of cracked corn for 4 birds. What is their normal diet? All treats should be limited to less than 10% of their total intake for the day.

Oh my, would you mind telling me which of the other three is a cockerel? I feed them a 16% layer feed crumble in the morning then put the cracked corn out afterwards for a treat. They peck at it through out the day, not everyday though, some days I give them a mealworm/sunflower mixture. Thank you for your advise!

 

[Chickassan]

You only have one hen, the first picture is her.

So, I've never uploaded pictures before, I hope this is correct! I'm sure the Brown and White is a Roo, he crows and is definitely the aggressive one, the rest I'm not sure about. I was told they were Ameraucanas and 11 weeks when they were delivered to me, that was mother's day weekend (my girls thought it would be a great mothers day gift), so they are about 20 weeks I guess. They are in a pen with their coop that my husband and I put together in a panic to keep them protected. I don't free range as I have tons of hawks, I have just started to let them out at dusk to roam a bit. But am thinking about just letting the Roo out during the day for a bit (while supervising) to give the girls a break. He attacked one last night, but as I'm not sure if the rest are male or female, I don't know if it was him being frisky so to speak or dominate.

 

[Chickassan]

Any way you can get a close pic of the black one? Comb and tail end especially?

 

[fatbeamie]

You only have one hen, the first picture is her.

Well that would explain why they all pick on her and why she's the smallest....poor Ruby girl. Oh geez, so now to decide if it be better to re-home her and just keep a Rooster flock or re-home two roos and get two more hens.

 

[fatbeamie]

Any way you can get a close pic of the black one? Comb and tail end especially?

This is the best I could get, they aren't being very cooperative this morning!