blrw chick help

[superchemicalgirl]

I just hatched some of these, and while really all I know about BLRW is that they're pretty, I also know they come in blue/black/splash.

I got the eggs from redroofhens.com.

Is this silvery blue colored chick the splash? Out of 9 hatchlings I only got one that looks like this:

The others are either light brown or dark brown like this:

Any ideas?

 

[hoppy]

it could be a splash if it is a blr. some can be very pale colored as chicks and even some splash are more blue then that.
remember you can sex wyandottes days 1-3 using the wing feathers (check youtube under discovery channel show)

 

[ILOVEFRIZZLES]

looks like a splash to me. You got a good hatch. 9 chicks can not remember if you got 10 or 12 eggs

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Oh hi!

You sent 12, I set 11. Out of those 2 were nothing more than yolk at day 10. The rest developed and hatched!! Thank you for sending them.

 

[BlacksheepCardigans]

Splash really vary - that one looks for sure like a splash but some of your light brown ones could also be splashes. You will know when the wing feathers start to come in.

I know that some people feather-sex them but I also know that Murray McMurray vent-sexes them (which I think they would not do if they thought it was possible to reliably feather-sex them). So I looked at mine but only as a curiosity, not with the idea that I was really going to know for sure.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Well I'm only keeping 2 of the chicks... I've attempted to feather sex a few but once I throw them back in the brooder they all look the same so it's a moot point. I attempted to mark one that I really thought was cute and fuzzy with Blue Kote (since I could not find poultry leg bands and I don't trust myself with zip ties [see previous experience of cutting my broken legged chicks tip of her toe off while trying to remove her cast - she's fine and it makes a better digger for scratching LOL]) but the Blue Kote doesn't stay on very well. Tried the toes and the feathers.

Funny because blue Kote stays well on ME.

 

[HBuehler]

Wait until they feather before deciding which ones to keep..cute now doesn't mean well laced later...but they are cute

The one in question should be a splash.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Great idea but I can't. I have until Saturday to decide. I don't really care tooooo much (I mean, I want beautiful birds but personality has a lot to do with it for me, too) but I really don't want roosters. And I hate when they squeal when I try and look at their wings.