Yet another chick identification thread. I unexpectedly acquired 7 chicks today from someone who had a more successful hatch rate than anticipated! Woo Hoo for me! These are my first ever chicks (and chickens) and I am super excited. After all of the reading I have done on this, and other, sites I am finally a chicken owner.
But I have no clue what kind of chicks they are. They are about 3 weeks old and happy little girls.
First up I have 4 of these:
I was told that they might be RIR - but I don't think they are. I am pretty sure I have 2 girls and 2 boys. 2 of them are significantly behind on feather development and have sturdier legs - that means boys right?
Next was a singularly uncooperative photo subject:
She/he is the least feathered out of the crew and substantially larger than the rest. A lovely blue/grey color and feathered blue/grey legs. As I was trying to get a good photo he/she decided that he/she would rather be ON MY SHOULDER and jumped there.
All of the stand alone pics of this little one came out badly she wouldn't stand still
I was told that she might be a BLRWyandotte - there is no comb to speak of, yellow legs.
Finally there is a pretty black chick who also doesn't like having her picture taken:
here is a decent shot in the brooder of the patterning, this one has black legs.
And here is a close up:
the very tips of the comb are turning black - does that mean that he is a boy? This one is the most feathered out so I have no idea.
Any help you can give me is great. I am so excited I could bust!
I am sorry, I just realized that there is a What Breed/Gender is this thread. If I could move this I would.
But I have no clue what kind of chicks they are. They are about 3 weeks old and happy little girls.
First up I have 4 of these:
I was told that they might be RIR - but I don't think they are. I am pretty sure I have 2 girls and 2 boys. 2 of them are significantly behind on feather development and have sturdier legs - that means boys right?
Next was a singularly uncooperative photo subject:
She/he is the least feathered out of the crew and substantially larger than the rest. A lovely blue/grey color and feathered blue/grey legs. As I was trying to get a good photo he/she decided that he/she would rather be ON MY SHOULDER and jumped there.
All of the stand alone pics of this little one came out badly she wouldn't stand still
I was told that she might be a BLRWyandotte - there is no comb to speak of, yellow legs.
Finally there is a pretty black chick who also doesn't like having her picture taken:
here is a decent shot in the brooder of the patterning, this one has black legs.
And here is a close up:
the very tips of the comb are turning black - does that mean that he is a boy? This one is the most feathered out so I have no idea.
Any help you can give me is great. I am so excited I could bust!
I am sorry, I just realized that there is a What Breed/Gender is this thread. If I could move this I would.
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