Baby's coloring is of a cockerel. Eleanor is a millie colored pullet. Thanks for sharing your photos.just checking in with some new photos, Eleanor and Baby are now 7 weeks old -- baby's comb is a tiny bit bigger than eleanor's, but no sign of any wattles -- still not 100% convinced of baby's gender, but seems likely a pullet:
pecking around together
similar, but perhaps helpful for comparing combs
baby in a stand-off with the isbar, who's looking very male... (pity, he's my only isbar)
How about the effect of the barring gene dosage? Is there any chance a line could be developed where the males would be lighter on the wheaten base? I have found, like NP, that for the most part, the boys first wing feathers are whiter than the females'.
Yeah, I was completely sure Baby was a pullet, but now I'm going cockerel, too. It's always more difficult when you don't have a larger group with males and females of the same breed to compare them too. I think the Isbar developed earlier than the Basque, so it threw our comparisons off. I also had a late developing Basque cockerel. All of the boys had big pink combs while his was still small and yellow, so I was sure he was a she. That's why they say you never know for sure until they crow or lay an egg!
baby in a stand-off with the isbar, who's looking very male... (pity, he's my only isbar)
Very cool! Thanks, Ron!
Cool picture!How many legs does that chicken have?
my EO mom with her babies in the rain.
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