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Perfect thanks. I also realised this morning that one of my BCM chicks is tailless. It's been pasting up and I just couldn't figure out why it's bum looked so weird lol. Hopefully it will be a roo and I can just cull him. Such are the joys of hatching rarer breeds on a big island with strict...

Thanks! I'll look up color sexing- is it like favorelles where the Roos are darker?

Yes honestly if it's a pullet she will be welcome to stay. It's just more that most people around here charge more for BCM vs wheaten color, and I didn't realise they could carry wheaten as a recessive color. I won't be breeding these to sell eggs, just wanted some dark ones in the basket.

Yes, the other 3 came out black :) Unfortunately the 2 that piped and didn't progress were also black- but hopefully out of the 4 some of them will be pullets.

Thank you!

So really stupid question here, but BCM chicks should always be BLACK right??? In the process of hatching shipped eggs that were quite dear to purchase here in Oz and the first chick came out like this. Is it possible to have a "throwback" wheaten or white gene from two black parents or was I...