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.

 

[JesWith3]

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.

Hatched March 28th. 5.5 mos old. I will get more pics tomorrow.

 

[JesWith3]

This bird is so weird. Single row comb, no waddles to speak of (not even itty bitty Ameraucana ones), thin legs, squats when pet, does a literal egg song, no attempts at crowing, no attempts at mating. I noticed the pointing saddle feathers are mostly feathers with a pointy illusion, as they have a "halo" of rounded feather if that makes sense. I don't know. SO STRANGE. He also prefers the "Cuddle Puddle" of Muscovy ducks to the roost with Honey our Starlight. Beside myself, really. They've put themselves to bed for the night, so I'll grab more pics tomorrow.

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

'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??

I'm honestly unsure. It looks like a girl to me at first glance but the red coloring is pretty strong. I have a few BYMs mixed with a barred dual-purpose. One is a pullet (laying eggs) with hints of red on her wings and on her saddle unevenly, but very very light tints. Her main color is a muddy barring. Her neck is orange and barred. Her brother had more orange on him (not tint but some very few orange feathers on the wing) and had lightly grey-blue iridescent wing feathers with no barring. Your chicken's orange/red more looks like a tint like mine, but it's still throwing me off. Additionally, the faint rounding isn't round enough to say not cockerel? Also looks like the chicken has a feather cape around the neck. When challenging another chicken, does it look like a full feather wall or just puffed up? Just like humans, biological sex isn't binary, so take that in to consideration.

 

[Whittni]

I think rooster due to the triangular saddle feathers, but only 80% chance since the comb is small for the age.