Trying to sex my ameracaunas/EEs

[Lilchickherder]

I have 10 chicks, 5.5-6 weeks old. Supposed to be 5 EEs and 5 ameracaunas but the lady couldn't tell me which were which... Trying to figure out which are pullets and which are cockerels. If you can tell me which are real ameracaunas too, that would be a bonus! Each picture is a different chick.

 

[featheredplanets]

From what I can see, they’re all looking like pullets so far. But could do with standing pics and need to see all their faces clearly.

 

[Lilchickherder]

From what I can see, they’re all looking like pullets so far. But could do with standing pics and need to see all their faces clearly.

Here's some comb pics I took too. Do you know if they're EEs or ameracaunas?

 

[NatJ]

Based on comb pictures:
1, 2, 10 pullets
7,8,9 maybe pullets, but I'm not sure
3,4,5,6 cockerels

#8 has a single comb, so not Ameraucana (or at least, not the way an Ameraucana is supposed to be!) Easter Eggers can have any kind of comb, so that's one of your Easter Eggers.

Easter Eggers can come in any color, while Ameraucanas have a limited list of possibilities, so you may be able to sort some of them that way. (any chick that's NOT an Ameraucana color is presumably an Easter Egger.)

 

[featheredplanets]

3, 4, 5 and 6 could be cockerels. The rest are likely pullets. May be worth updating in a couple weeks. I’ve no experience with them so I don’t know the difference, sorry. Easter eggers can be any colour, any comb. Ameraucana only come in a handful of colours and should have slate legs.

 

[sealer39]

The blue birds are your Ameraucanas, the others are your EEs. The Ameraucanas are either blue or splash in color but most likely blue.

 

[Lilchickherder]

Based on comb pictures:
1, 2, 10 pullets
7,8,9 maybe pullets, but I'm not sure
3,4,5,6 cockerels

#8 has a single comb, so not Ameraucana (or at least, not the way an Ameraucana is supposed to be!) Easter Eggers can have any kind of comb, so that's one of your Easter Eggers.

Easter Eggers can come in any color, while Ameraucanas have a limited list of possibilities, so you may be able to sort some of them that way. (any chick that's NOT an Ameraucana color is presumably an Easter Egger.)

Are you going off the rows of pea comb? I've read that if they have a single row pea comb they're pullets and 3 rows of pea comb, they're cockerels.

 

[sealer39]

Are you going off the rows of pea comb? I've read that if they have a single row pea comb they're pullets and 3 rows of pea comb, they're cockerels.

That is a very good indication. Also the color and size. I think 5 could still be a pullet.
If your able to keep a rooster, I would definitely keep the best one of the bunch.

 

[NatJ]

Are you going off the rows of pea comb? I've read that if they have a single row pea comb they're pullets and 3 rows of pea comb, they're cockerels.

I was mostly going by color and size on the comb--I scrolled down the page and looked for the obvious ones (by comparison with the others.)

I've seen three tidy rows of "peas" on some males and some females over the years, so I don't personally consider that a gender indicator. The tidy rows of peas seem more common as the combs get larger, which usually means a male shows it at a younger age than a female.

I will be curious to know, in a few more weeks or months, which genders they really are!

 

[Coffeebean1947]

Number 8 also has a tiny crest