What Have I Got??

[JesWith3]

'Kitty' (because he/she follows you around until you pick him/her up and snuggle) is hatched from an egg sold as pure Ameraucana hatching eggs (blue/black/splash) on March 28th this year. Kitty is THE most confusing chicken I've ever encountered. Single (albeit short) comb that just started getting redder. No waddles to note. Thinner legs. Does the egg song (no egg yet) and no crowing. All of these points to pullet, but those tail, saddle feathers, and hackle feathers...and the wheaten coloring coming out on the wings!! WHAT is going on? Is Kitty a hermaphrodite??? The cuddliest thing ever. Buck buck buck, cluck cluck cluck...egg song producing no egg. I'm SO confused. HELP! Is he/she really even a pure Ameraucana??

 

[JesWith3]

Nobody? ETA: There have also been no signs of mating behavior like trying to mount. Another confusing phenomenon is that this rooster-esque chicken squats when petting it's back at times. I think the bird ITSELF is confused!!

 

[redinator]

Sorry no one else has replied.

How old is it? Full body pictures with the chicken standing would be more useful so we can see the full view of the bird.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

The pointed feathers mean he is a cockerel. There are many mellow/tame roosters out there.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

100% a cockerel

 

[JedJackson]

Maybe a mixed color Ameraucana, but more likely to be a mixed breed with Ameraucana as only one parent. He is definitely a cockerel.