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Quote: Thanks for the info Turk, sounds like it will still be a pretty bird if it turns out to be a male. Is it worth keeping, and pairing it up with a mate... or should I just sell it with the rest? 8 more regular ring neck chicks have hatched now and there's still several more pipped eggs. 5...

Yup. That's a melanistic. Green mutation probably. The black mutations are a dark coal black with white throats. Yours looks more brown. If it turns out to be a male, it may feather out as an intermediate, showing both melanistic and ringneck feather patterns.