BLRW/BBS Ameraucana Chick... It's a GIRL for Sure (Newer pics post 45)

[speckledhen]

I do think she'll get some sort of lacing in her plumage later, but whatever happens, she's a reminder that genes are like tiny little leprechauns, playing tricks on you when you least expect it.

 

[speckledhen]

Hey, Rita has some blue underfluff! Just noticed that yesterday. No real changes you could see in a picture yet. Will post new pics in a week or so, unless I think I can capture the changes sooner.

 

[urbanhillbilly]

Hello,

Just thought I'd post a picture of my chicken for comparison.

This one came out of a blue egg laid by an araucana (Australian standard). I have no idea what the father was - i thought RIR, but now I have no idea. She is just over 8 weeks old now. I'm interested to see how she turns out.

 

[speckledhen]

Pretty girl! Well, here are a couple pics of Rita today at 7 weeks old. She has some bluish fluff underneath and some black ticking in her hackles.

 

[4 Love of Baby Chickens]

Oooooooooooooooo she's pretty Speckled Hen!

 

[speckledhen]

Thanks!

 

[speckledhen]

Here is Rita today. Tried to get a pic of her bluish underfluff, but it doesn't show the true shade in the picture. She will be 8 weeks on Wed, so I guess it's pretty definite that she is a she. She's a very calm, sweet girl.

 

[M To The Maxx]

Pullet!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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X2! Beatuiful hen speckledhen!

 

[speckledhen]

Well, Miss Rita will turn 10 weeks old on Wednesday. Here she is today. I think her body shape is much more like her Ameraucana ancestry than her Wyandotte side, don't you? She doesn't really have a beard, though, like I originally thought when I started this thread.