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Gender guess
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 11:53 am
by Blizblaz
What are the chances that this (blue Wheaton?) ameraucana is a hen?
It’s 11+ weeks old, and one I have from the same hatch (black though) has already been crowing for a few weeks now, and has a very prominent 3 row pea comb. But the comb looks a bit red for my liking...it carries it’s wings lower than the others, and won’t stand still for pictures! The other Ameraucanas I hatched all come right up to me, but this one is very skittish.
Is it still too soon to tell?
Re: Gender guess
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 12:30 pm
by Ontario Chick
Re: Gender guess
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:16 am
by windwalkingwolf
The odds are 50/50. Sorry to be a smartass
Thinking/typing out loud, that bird has a pullet 'dip' at the top of the beak, but that pink comb says cockerel. The pattern in the hackle feathers makes them look pointier than they are, and if I try to blow pictures up to get a better look, they get too blurry to see actual feather shape. He's too young to clearly see saddle points, but if you look just under where his wingtips lie, you might be able to see the beginning of saddle points. The more I look at the pictures, the more this one confuses me, but if I go with my gut, it says 100 % male. And then I second guess myself, because the ones that come up to you readily are more likely to be male, and the ones that hang back are the girls, and you said this one was skittish
Re: Gender guess
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:56 am
by kenya
Its a male.
Re: Gender guess
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:23 am
by WLLady
male. a wheaten or blue wheaten girl would only have black or blue in the very tips of the tail feathers and wing feathers and otherwise be a nice light wheaten colour all around....if it's a pure ameraucana and not an easter egger (mix)
Re: Gender guess
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:02 pm
by Blizblaz
windwalkingwolf wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:16 am
The odds are 50/50. Sorry to be a smartass
Thinking/typing out loud, that bird has a pullet 'dip' at the top of the beak, but that pink comb says cockerel. The pattern in the hackle feathers makes them look pointier than they are, and if I try to blow pictures up to get a better look, they get too blurry to see actual feather shape. He's too young to clearly see saddle points, but if you look just under where his wingtips lie, you might be able to see the beginning of saddle points. The more I look at the pictures, the more this one confuses me, but if I go with my gut, it says 100 % male. And then I second guess myself, because the ones that come up to you readily are more likely to be male, and the ones that hang back are the girls, and you said this one was skittish
All these things have been confusing me too! When I look at the feathers, they are all rounded still, but I think he’s just being stubborn in showing anything!
Re: Gender guess
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:04 pm
by Blizblaz
WLLady wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:23 am
male. a wheaten or blue wheaten girl would only have black or blue in the very tips of the tail feathers and wing feathers and otherwise be a nice light wheaten colour all around....if it's a pure ameraucana and not an easter egger (mix)
It is a pure ameraucana (not show quality or anything to be sure).
Deep down, I know it has to be male...haha
Re: Gender guess
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:05 pm
by kenya
He is going to be a pretty colour but not a standard colour but I bet he will be beautiful.
Re: Gender guess
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:07 pm
by Blizblaz
He is quite pretty! Now to decide if I can have 3 roosters...hahaha
Re: Gender guess
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:18 pm
by kenya
I would keep him just to see what his final colour will be , I'm guessing spectacular.