This is a hen right?! 😂

[fawnda]

I would ask in an Ameracauna forum or page where people who know the breed and the different characteristics of each color can tell you for sure. Real Ameracaunas on FB is a great group, very knowledgeable or try the breed forum here and they will know what's more common for your breed. I have 3 almost 6 week old Ameracaunas right now and the little roo's comb is already very different than his sisters, raised and pink....

 

[Debbi H]

Does the bird have spurs on it's legs? A cockerel/rooster will have spurs, but pullets/hens do not.

I have to say that I have one gorgeous little bantam hen and she has grown some mighty spurs! But she is definitely a hen!

 

[Debbi H]

Well, I found someone who was in your same boat back in 2014 here on Backyard Chickens: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rooster-or-pullet-6-month-old-ameraucana.851368/
If you look at the first pic of her rooster at that link, you can definitely see the pointy feathers on the neck. I'm not seeing that with your chicken. Yours look very similar (in coloring, too) to three of my hens.

 

[akddr]

Yeah, she doesn't look like my other hens. And I picked her cause she was pretty distinct looking. I'll include a picture of all three of them, so you can compare. Two of them look very similar, and one of my hens is very different looking. I drew a pink line on the one in question. Thank you all for your help!

We have a hen who is a great layer. She looks somewhat like a Banty but Is bigger so we don’t know her breed. She acts like a rooster, is incredibly noisy each morning and struts around like she rules the roost - but is not the dominant hen. She has a large comb and is quite rooster-looking. So just thought I’d share that information.

 

[wendy macqueen]

Definitely a Roo. Comb and wattles slightly larger. Very defined hackle feathers. We raised them long ago and I'd bet my hat. They are so beautiful. <3

 

[Paul Richardson]

please tell me this is a hen LOL. I bought them from a store, probably a month ago now. 1 was laying when I got her, the other one started letting about two weeks ago. This specific "hen" is not laying yet. She goes in the nesting box every day, but doesn't lay anything. Today I caught her fighting and mounting my other hen. They probably are around six months, I think they have just started laying. This hen is the loudest, yelling in the morning, but not crowing. I just wanted to double-check that it is in fact a hen and not a young rooster. They're supposedly americana's, they have cheek Puffs and a beard. This one has a middle part on top of its head.

I have never had Americana's but by its hackles it's a rooster hope i am wrong come on some one step in and help

 

[Dharmachick]

I say rooster too. I hope not.

 

[Finnie]

Definitely a pullet. You said 6 months old? A cockerel would have long, thin, sharply pointed, shiny saddle feathers by now. And male pea combs are usually 2-3 times as large as your girl's. An EE cockerel with that coloring would have dark red on he wings.
EE hens get some crazy long feathers in the saddle area, so it can be confusing, but they are not pointed.

This is a much younger bird with similar coloring. On this cockerel you can see the dark red on the wings and the cream colored saddle feathers at the base of the tail.
Yours is a girl!

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I would ask in an Ameracauna forum or page where people who know the breed and the different characteristics of each color can tell you for sure. Real Ameracaunas

Real Ameraucanas don’t come in this color. This is called Red Pyle, and as stated by @Wishing4Wings in the quote above yours, if it were a male, it would have dark red wing patches. Edit: I did some fact checking, and while Red Pyle is not an accepted color in the Ameraucana SOP, there are people working on developing Red Pyle Ameraucanas.

I have never had Americana's but by its hackles it's a rooster hope i am wrong come on some one step in and help

Lol, a great deal of people have stepped in to help!

It’s a girl.

 

[wolfinator]

Beautiful! Are these 3 the only chickens you have? It's hard to say on this one but I'm leaning towards hen. A dominant hen not only will mount another hen but also can learn to crow. I have 8-10 Easter Eggers amongst my flock, luckily all mine were hens - my last 6 were straight run. A few of mine didn't lay til they were 7 months but were constantly in and out of nests. Try setting up a deer camera to see who is laying. I did that to see which girl was laying in their shade hut - I use small coops with nesting boxes removed as shade/get out of rain areas. It was a young hen but she finally learned where to lay with all the rest. Can't go by spurs either, I've got several hens with spurs up to 2 inches long. One is my Prairie Bluebell Ameraucana (Easter Egger).

Here's a photo of a 5 month old Ameraucana rooster I found online. Notice the tail feathers on him. Depending on the breed yours is crossed with depends on the comb type.

 

[illinoishiker]

I have a purebred Ameraucana roo. He took so long to start crowing I thought he was a dud. They don't have wattles like some breeds either. That looks a lot like a roo to me. Check the vent area like some have suggested. The sharp pelvic bones on a rooster and a non layer will be very close and the flesh tight. On a layer they are well spaced to let an egg pass through and the flesh is soft. Compare with your known layers and you'll see the difference quickly.