What Have I Got??

[JesWith3]

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

I know. SO confusing!! Kitty will be 6 mos old on the 28th and not much has changed except he/she sings the loudest "buh guck, Buh Guck" egg song ever. No egg yet, but no cockadoodle doo, either. Never really walks upright like a roo, usually down lower. I'm just at a loss with this bird lol The funniest most lovingest thing ever.

 

[JesWith3]

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.

He/She rarely ever initiates a challenge, even when play fighting. Just ever so docile and lovey. When He/She does, though, all head and neck feathers are puffed out. Yeah, I'm just at a loss, really lol

 

[JesWith3]

I'm so sorry...I know I said I would have more pics up today but it's been a full work day and now it's dark. I will do my absolute best to take a break and grab some pics tomorrow. I'd like to get to the bottom of this lol Thanks, guys.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Interesting.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Definitely a cockerel. He’s got male hackle and saddle feathers, he’s just maturing very slowly

 

[nuthatched]

Cockerel , no doubt.

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

He/She rarely ever initiates a challenge, even when play fighting. Just ever so docile and lovey. When He/She does, though, all head and neck feathers are puffed out. Yeah, I'm just at a loss, really lol

Seems like a cockerel, just with some interesting characteristics. The saddles seem to be filling out as pointy and not really round. Ameraucanas grow slower than most chickens

 

[JesWith3]

Alright, All, I'm stopping the guessing game and calling it. It is much more clear to me today (amazing how much maturing a chicken can do in just 48 hours!!) that Kitty is a rooster. I clearly see more and more of the rooster traits in him. Here are some pics I got today and yeah...Kitty is absolutely 100% roo (albeit a very late bloomer lol). He sure had me fooled with that stellar egg song, though, ngl!!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

He’s undoubtedly a cockerel. Feathers don’t lie. Anyone who said otherwise is being thrown off by the pea comb but that’s due to unreliable methods like number of rows

 

[Whittni]

Oh yes, absolutely a rooster with the updated photos