Looks like a girl to me! I am envious as I have not had a splash in this years hatches. Currently, they are my favorite. Hard to have a favorite of these babies as I love them all and to my husband's chagrin, I think I have to have every variety. I build the coops and take care of them so I don't pay a lot of attention to Spouseman.
Thank you! That gives me an Idea what to look for!Let's see if I can help you with that. I have many pics of that variety, but not sure of the age. I'm thinking around three weeks. I have found the best way to tell when young is by looking at what is coming out around the neck. Dark feathers=male. Light feathers=female
Notice dark pin feathers coming in male. This is a wheaten btw.
Here is what a female would look like:
Notice the lighter colored (tan) feathers on female's back. Males generally color in darker like below picture. It can depend on the line. You may see some lines not as dark or males may feather in more slowly making identity early on difficult.
Male ^ is the one with head hidden. That is a wheaten. A blue wheaten would have more blue color instead of black, but still more color than a female would have.
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