Black Japanese Bantam question....

[rhodiegal]

I've received two black Japanese Bantams. One is pure black (body, beak and legs). The other is smaller and has white marking on the body and wings and pink/black legs. Why would they be different? Does it mean one is male and one female? I would post a picture, but cannot for the life of me get it to work.

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

Photos would be nice. If you don't have photos then this could help you decide. They have males and females on this site. http://feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Japs/BRKJap.html

 

[rhodiegal]

Here is my attempt to post pictures. I followed the directions - if it does not work I don't know what else to do since I know nothing about computers.

They are the two black japanese bantams that I am trying to figure out why they look different.. Is it boy vs. girl or just a difference in coloring?

IT WORKED!!!!!! I did not know the letters changed into pictures until I started thinking - wait, the smiley face things change into pictures, maybe these do as well!!

 

[Henk69]

It could be that one is "extended black" based and the other "birchen" based. Both would end up black.

 

[becky3086]

Humm, I wonder if one is a mottled?

 

[TaLani]

The chick in your 1st pic looks more like a Black Australorp to me, but 2nd pic is a Black Jap. JMHO

 

[UrbanPolish]

I ordered some Grey Japanese Bantams from Ideal back in April, and they looked exactly like the first picture.

 

[rhodiegal]

Wow - I did get them at Ideal - they were both supposed to be black, but maybe they did give me a grey or mottled instead. Or, like Henk69 said about extended black or birchen (which having no backround in genetics - I am not sure what this means). So, it does not have anyting to do with boy vs. girl.

 

[NYREDS]

Also those are chick feathers. Many black birds will show some white feathers in their juvenile plumage & become all black in their final molt.
There's nothing to establish scale in the pictures but the first chick looks big & course for a bantam?