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What do you guys make of this? The chick on the bottom has down that looks white to me. The top one is for comparison. The other chicks are a yellow shade just a bit lighter than the top one. My last batch of W/BW chicks were all yellow a bit lighter than the top chick.



I "think" the yellowish ones are wheatons and the white ones are blue wheatons. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. I would also like to know for sure what this means.
 
No they are both wheatens/bw. Down color is not indicative, and neither will the little bit of lacing they start to get. You'll know when they are 3 to 4 weeks which are boys and which are girls and probably what color they'll all be.
 
Quote: That is really just dryer lint no?

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I thought that at first too, but last hatch I had both Wheaten and BW and none where white like this one.
 
No they are both wheatens/bw. Down color is not indicative, and neither will the little bit of lacing they start to get. You'll know when they are 3 to 4 weeks which are boys and which are girls and probably what color they'll all be.
Really? I've seen mention of "correct down color" so that's mainly why I wondered about this little guy. I got different shades last hatch but all where shades of yellow. So weird.
 
No- you'll get some that are nearly white on occasion. As long as they don't have stripes! Some will have a tiny black dot on their heads that is supposedly a sign of good tail color.

Really? I have been getting quite a few with the dark spots. I honestly thought there was something wrong with them! I haven't noticed their tail color... They are only about 12-14wks old.
 

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