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Songster
I have two Barnevelder chicks, both from Ideal, will be 4 weeks old in a couple of days. They are displaying different color patterns as their feathers come in, and I'm sort of curious if that's a natural variation between individuals or if it might be an early tell for sex differences.
This chick has feathered in quicker, and has the multi color feather pattern coming in on its chest feathers:
It also has nearly all of its back feathers coming in now:
This little chick was sickly for nearly a week and I suspect is a bit runty because of it. Its smaller than the above chick and has not grown in its back feathers- I assumed because of being runty, but others have said late feather development can also mean males. It also is getting more solid black feathers in on the chest:
Still mostly fuzz back here:
Both have tiny little combs coming in, flesh colored and not much difference in size. I know its still too young to tell for sure, but was curious if anyone else has seen this difference in feathers with the breed.
This chick has feathered in quicker, and has the multi color feather pattern coming in on its chest feathers:
It also has nearly all of its back feathers coming in now:
This little chick was sickly for nearly a week and I suspect is a bit runty because of it. Its smaller than the above chick and has not grown in its back feathers- I assumed because of being runty, but others have said late feather development can also mean males. It also is getting more solid black feathers in on the chest:
Still mostly fuzz back here:
Both have tiny little combs coming in, flesh colored and not much difference in size. I know its still too young to tell for sure, but was curious if anyone else has seen this difference in feathers with the breed.
