Rooster or Hen

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Sep 16, 2017
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I picked 8 chick up on December 3 and I was told they were 3 weeks old. Supposed to be all hens but as they’ve gotten older two or three are starting to resemble roosters. One of them I’m almost positive it’s a roosters.
So I was supposed to get 4 Ameraucana and 4 New Hampshire Reds pullets.
Hampshire are all hens but the Ameraucanas are the ones I’m not sure about. Can anyone help me determine if they are hens or roosters?
 

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I doubt that one could definitively tell at that age with the breeds. While you can get an idea by watching comb development (the combs that get bigger/redder first are usually males), a fail safe method is seeing if the saddle feathers at 3 months have pointed (male) or rounded (female) ends.
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