Thank you for responses! Now for clarification and more help:
1. ;-) I don't think of "culling" as "killing" - just thought that was really quite early for something like color, which is why I asked (and still want to know) how this happens?
2. Only have 3 Wheatens - looking like 2 boys and...
Not sure which is which in that photo, sorry. So are you suggesting I cull a 4 week old, then? :-|
Does anyone actually go to links and look? Or should we be posting photos directly into these messages instead? I didn't want to do that as there are many photos and are fairly large.
Just...
I've got a few Marans that I'm new to; have been photographically tracking development on all my birds. The Wheaten chicks are just under 4 weeks and I'd really appreciate any guesses on why one of the possible boys seems to be colored like a girl.
Berkeleysprings, my littlest Wheatie was...