Sure, I don't mind sharing. I read orpingtons are slow to feather out. I'm pretty sure they are because of the blue tinted feet and color at hatching. But one in particular is really slow. A male possibly?
It's a fun game to try to figure it out. :)
I know which breeds he had, and I spoke with him. Since this was my first time hatching eggs. I didn't Mark them when I set them. So just thought I would get input. After reading many articles and looking at pictures, I narrowed it down to the two breeds. Rhodebar and blue orpington. I read that...
I had them indoors, with the heat lamp. They wouldn't fluff out in the incubator. But the time I figured it be ok to move them they were kinda sticky. I had to towel dry a few. Then they still took a while to get all dry. They are in the outside setup now. Racing around flapping thier wings. My...
The only reason I think they may be orpington is the blue legs.
The Rhodebar chicks have normal colored legs. The three others had blueish legs at hatching. One has some feathers on the legs.
I called the place I got the eggs from. He had several kinds. I got 3 kinds.
Turns out those are Rhodebar hens.
Now I'm wondering if the light golden chick is a male Rhodebar chick?
Haha
I thought it might be a splash orpington.
Here's a pic from today
I'm pretty sure I have 2 Rhodebar hens, but what do the boy chicks look like??
I also hatched blue orpington eggs. So those are the lighter chicks or they could be male Rhodebar chicks??
I should have explained better. I bought 12 eggs most were Blue Orpington. But he didn't have 12. So I got some copper maran eggs and after calling him found out those chipmunk looking chicks are Rhodebar chicks. They look similar to the CL chicks. As he also had CL there I thought maybe I had...
I don't see a spot on these two. By looking at the wings yesterday I think I have two boys. From the orpington eggs. I thought those were my splash chicks.
cool, I Want To See What Blue splash and rir make.
I found my chipmunk looking chicks are Rhodebar girls. Which lay Brown eggs. Auto sexing type I guess. Still cute! Was hoping for a cream crested legbar out of this batch.