What age & gender is my black Ameruacana

[joshuamacd]

 

[Wyandottes7]

I'm not sure on the age, but it looks like you have a pullet.

 

[flowerfaeiry]

Yes, looks like a pullet, but it's tail is a bit longer than mine. Size can be deceiving in pics, but she looks young, 3-4 mos.


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[KieksterChicken]

If you were able to get close up pictures of the chicks comb that would help determine pullet or roo. Also try to get pics of a good side profile of the bird showing it's neck, back, tail and legs so we can see if it has pointy hackle feathers, saddle feathers and shiny longer tail feathers coming in which would indicate roo. May I ask where you got this bird from?

 

[joshuamacd]

 

[joshuamacd]

Chickens galore in norco California

 

[joshuamacd]

 

[KieksterChicken]

. Your bird looks like a pullet from the pictures. If you can get a close up picture of the comb it would help. It looks like it has a pea comb. A pullet will have a single vertical row of peas and a rooster will have 3 vertical rows of peas side by side. Anyways, I'm not too familiar with Chickens Galore. It looks like a small scale hatchery. The info I found was "Chickens Galore breeds and hatches egg laying chickens that will do great in anyone's back yard." So I'm not sure if your chicken is actually Ameraucana. A lot of chickens are sold as Ameraucanas or Araucanas when they are really Easter Eggers. You may want to call Chickens Galore and ask them if their Ameraucanas are showable or not. (Ask them if their Ameraucanas conform to the American Poultry Association (APA) Standard of Perfection (SOP) or not). If your chick/s are not showable and off the SOP for Ameraucanas then they aren't Ameraucanas but are Easter Eggers. Thanks to the nifty nature of the interwebz I was able to look at a few pictures of the place and it does look clean and the chickens well cared for but I haven't found anything stating his birds are show quality. The following link will help I hope... http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/09/ameraucana-easter-egger-or-araucana.html

 

[joshuamacd]

It is a real Ameruacana they also sell EE to for a lot less
its hard to get a good photo she or he won't let me get that close ill keep trying thanks

 

[flowerfaeiry]

This is my Ameraucana pullet, true breed, at about 8-10 mos old. Great friendly bird that lays a lot of blue eggs.

Love her!!!


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