I feel compelled to offer some words of wisdom… I recently joined this sight and the forums related to BLRWs because I love them, bought them as sexed chicks, and because I had no experience with the breed or raising dat old baby chicks. I asked the same question I keep seeing on this feed as well as other feeds related to young BLRWs. Boy or Girl? I was lucky to have a ton of response to this very question when they were a week old, month old, 2 and 3 months old… Unfortunately and fortunately, most responses I received were wrong. DON'T TRUST PEOPLE (LOL)!!! They don't mean to misinform you, but they will trying to help. Only one person on here was consistently right. Resist the urge to ask until they are 4 months old or start waking you up in the morning once the boys start doing their thing.
I would have re-homed a few girls thinking they were boys if i listened to everyone i asked on this site.
Also, don't think your chicks are blue or black or lack the blue color until they are 5-6 months old. Some are late to the party. Some of ours didn't show the blue color until they were six months old.
Take what you want from this.
Have a great day.
3 of these 4 young lades would have been given away if I listened. I had 1 boy out of 8 sexed chicks. We started seeing the difference at 3-4 months.
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The picture of the older bird does look like a blue Ameraucana or Easter Egger. There is a lot of variation if the color "blue", but yours looks like in-between color. Some look very dark...almost black, and some light, but not light enough to be called lavender. The chick does look like my BLRW chicks did and I have a variety of appearances to my youngsters. A few looked very much like the finished product from the time they started feathering out. Some still look like a mix right now, but I know the one matrure pullet I already have did not have good lacing until she got her adult feathers in at about 6 month old.
These girls have gorgeous feathering! Glad you hung onto them
The picture of the older bird does look like a blue Ameraucana or Easter Egger. There is a lot of variation if the color "blue", but yours looks like in-between color. Some look very dark...almost black, and some light, but not light enough to be called lavender. The chick does look like my BLRW chicks did and I have a variety of appearances to my youngsters. A few looked very much like the finished product from the time they started feathering out. Some still look like a mix right now, but I know the one matrure pullet I already have did not have good lacing until she got her adult feathers in at about 6 month old.
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That is not what I meant. There are various shades of blue within the color, but whatever shade a bird is does not change over time other than some sun fading as far as I know. I have dark blue laced birds and lighter blue laced birds.
That is not what I meant. There are various shades of blue within the color, but whatever shade a bird is does not change over time other than some sun fading as far as I know. I have dark blue laced birds and lighter blue laced birds.
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The variation is one of the things that makes them fun to keep. There are also black laced and splash laced. This guy is a splash laced and the pullet in the picture with him is a very dark blue or possibly black laced. They are both very young so don't have their final lacing. Unfortunately I can't keep roosters so as soon as the Splash boy starts to grow he will have to go to freezer camp....
The variation is one of the things that makes them fun to keep. There are also black laced and splash laced. This guy is a splash laced and the pullet in the picture with him is a very dark blue or possibly black laced. They are both very young so don't have their final lacing. Unfortunately I can't keep roosters so as soon as the Splash boy starts to grow he will have to go to freezer camp....
Yes, that's certainly true. I'm excited to see what my two chicks end up looking like (though, if they're both roos, I don't think I'll get to see their final pattern.) I love splash laced; they're so pretty! I'm sorry to hear about yours.
With experience it becomes much easier to identify the colours at hatch. There are always variations within each colour and lacing or lack of it , can make all the difference to quality.
Wow. That pullet looks exactly like my chicks. She is a beautiful bird. Guess I'll just have to wait and see how my chicks turn out. Thanks for sharing!
Wow. That pullet looks exactly like my chicks. She is a beautiful bird. Guess I'll just have to wait and see how my chicks turn out. Thanks for sharing!
