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I think it takes about 3 weeks for a roosters "contribution" to leave the hen's system. So, if the friesians were kept with campines, that would make sense.

She'll be pretty and lay pretty eggs then ;)

It definitely has campine markings on the head.....can't tell you what gender.

Yes, roo would be my guess because the comb is so large and bright. You won't know for sure for a few weeks yet then he'll probably start to crow. I just brought 5 new golden campine chick home that are dunlap stock.....straight run.

Quote: Yes, its normal....maybe they just feel too trapped in the cage, but outside they know they have somewhere to run, so they don't panic as much. I've actually noticed the same thing with lots of breeds, even calmer ones, especially when they're young.

paceysgl5: She's a pretty little girl. Have fun! ailsvonhelson: looking forward to the updates

Well, let us know what you get. Good luck.

I bet that first one is a roo because of the pinkish and large comb. The other one a pullet.

Since you ordered a pullet, that is most likely what you got. She'll be beautiful.

Did your chick come as a "surprise rare breed?" Those are often roosters/packing peanuts.

Cute. It won't be too long before you'll have a better idea on gender.

Wow, it does suggest that, with the lighter feathering being a pullet. I did not notice that with the ones I raised this summer, but I wasn't looking either. I had both gold and silver chicks, straight run. I had to look closely to tell the golds and silvers apart in a mixed group. One could...

Steve Gould is in Mass. He does sell some eggs. I think I'll send him a link to this thread. He is a very busy guy being a director for the Dutch Bantam society and the president of the Northeastern Poultry Congress which is the largest show in the Northeastern US, plus working extra long...

Quote: Look at the picture of my silver hen above. She has some saddle feathers, but her comb is small. In this pictures she was about 13 weeks old. Same with the roosters pictured in the same post. The comb of yours in the pic looks larger than my hen's, but smaller than the roo's. My...

Quote: Well, there is a line of banty golden campines out there (from Texas I think). On the other hand, she could be a gold spangled hamburg or a buttercup, I can't see the comb well enough to tell. Each of these breeds comes in bantam size but each has a distinctive comb. Campines should...

Quote: Well, that makes sense.....green legs, red earlobes, and cream colored egg definitely = crossbred background. Red earlobe doesn't have to mean dark brown. The white of the campine probably diluted the egg color from whatever the campine was originally crossed to.

Glad you found the thread....they are great birds and under appreciated. Does anyone know of a source for high quality campines? The golden roos I got have pointy saddle feathers -- a disqualification if showing, and therefore shouldn't be part of a breeding program IMO. One of my silver roos...

Quote: Looks like a hen so far, but give it a few weeks to be sure. A hen's comb will stay smaller and lighter. I guess I better take some pics to post from comparison. I'll see what I can do.

We are really enjoying our campine from Sand Hill. I have both silvers and gold. The gold roo started crowing at 7 weeks! They are precocious little guys. At just a few days old one little silver baby grabbed the end of the wet paper towel I was using to clean the window on their brooder...

We had a gold campine rooster that was our exotic chick from McMurray. My husband loved him. He ruled the roost for quite awhile despite the presence of a much larger black australorp roo. Then he got a little too cocky so my husband grabbed him and turned him upside down in the presence of...