Wheaten or Blue Wheaten Ameraucana? Hen or Rooster? Please Help!

[chickenlover89]

You have a pullet, with some unruly behavior Not at all uncommon for Ameraucanas. LOL.

With that color, a rooster isn't possible. The males have a lot more black.

Ameraucanas have pea combs, this isn't gender specific. Most cockerels have more pronounced combs (three ridges that really stick out) by that age.

okay thank you so much!

 

[hdowden]

that looks like a pullet all the way

 

[chickenlover89]

that looks like a pullet all the way

yay! thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm so happy i can keep her!

 

[chickenlover89]

can i please someone's adult blue wheaten ameraucana hen?

 

[birdherder]

the legs dont appear to be the right color for an ameraucana, they should be slate colored

yea i agree, the legs should be a blueish green color.

 

[chickenlover89]

yea i agree, the legs should be a blueish green color.

we already talked about that, they get darker as they get older, and the blueish greenish would mean ee, not ameraucana.

 

[chickenlover89]

sorry, i meant can i please SEE someone's adult blue wheaten ameraucana hen.

 

[keesmom]

sorry, i meant can i please SEE someone's adult blue wheaten ameraucana hen.

I don't have ameraucanas, I have Faverolles, but I think the coloring works the same way.

With the hens, they will all have the wheaten coloring. The difference will be in the wing tips/tail tips/underfluff. Wheaten will have black in the wing/tail tips, and grey underfluff. Blue wheaten will have blue in the wing/tail tips and underfluff. Splash wheaten will have white wing/tail tips and underfluff.

 

[chickenlover89]

I don't have ameraucanas, I have Faverolles, but I think the coloring works the same way.

With the hens, they will all have the wheaten coloring. The difference will be in the wing tips/tail tips/underfluff. Wheaten will have black in the wing/tail tips, and grey underfluff. Blue wheaten will have blue in the wing/tail tips and underfluff. Splash wheaten will have white wing/tail tips and underfluff.

thanks so much!

 

[mhimmel1]

The Ameraucana breeders club website has a lot of photos that could help identify the bird.