Breed and gender - “Copper Wyandottes”

[Fcampo2]

Hello everyone!!! These guys are about 12 weeks old. Got them from a local lady selling as “copper Wyandottes”. I never heard of that, and didn’t think it was a real breed but didn’t care much as I was in urgent need of some chicks to keep my single chick company.

But I am curious to know what they actually might be. Attached is also a picture of what she said they would look like, if that helps. #1 has slightly green legs - so possible Easter egger?

Also - do they look like pullets to you? I am particularly suspicious about #2.


Thank you so much!!!!

 

[Fcampo2]

Oops just seeing that the picture the lady gave me of what they would look like didn’t go through. Here it is:

 

[NatJ]

do they look like pullets to you? I am particularly suspicious about #2.

Both do look like pullets to me (judging by comb/wattle size and color at age 12 weeks.) I would expect most cockerels of most breeds to be quite obvious by now.

a local lady selling as “copper Wyandottes”. I never heard of that, and didn’t think it was a real breed

Oops just seeing that the picture the lady gave me of what they would look like didn’t go through. Here it is:

The adult birds in that photo look like Partridge Wyandottes to me. Partridge Wyandottes do exist.

But I am curious to know what they actually might be. Attached is also a picture of what she said they would look like, if that helps. #1 has slightly green legs - so possible Easter egger?

They could be Easter Eggers, or some kind of barnyard mix if she bred them herself, or if they originally came from a hatchery they might be one of the new hybrids that have been popping up in recent years.

I do not think they look right for Partridge Wyandottes (no rose comb in sight, color/pattern on feathers looks wrong too.) The pattern/color in their feathers might change as they grow up, so it's hard to be sure about that at present.

If they lay blue or green eggs when they grow up, that definitely means Easter Egger. If they lay some other color of eggs, their adult appearance may help sort it out, or they might always be puzzling.

 

[Tonyroo]

They look like a Wyandotte mix and no. 2 looks like a cockerel. Knowing this they will mature on the slow side. Your right about no.1 having a slightly greenish legs. It might have been crossed with a EE.

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

That looks like barring in the mix there, to me. Definitely not pure partridge wyandottes. It's hard for me to tell, but if you see those longer skinny saddle feathers coming in on 2, that would be cockerel. Where the pullet's feathers in that area are wider and rounder.

 

[Fcampo2]

Thank you all for your input!! Time will hopefully give me some answers. I’ll come back to this post and report back .

 

[Fcampo2]

Update: nothing definite yet, but getting more clues.

#1 had started singing the egg song with my older hens when they sing

#2 is growing suspicious neck feathers (pictured below). And comb and getting pretty big (~19 weeks)

Tail feathers aren’t super evident yet.

Still no idea on breed .

 

[NatJ]

#2 is growing suspicious neck feathers (pictured below). And comb and getting pretty big (~19 weeks)

Tail feathers aren’t super evident yet.

What is suspicious about the neck feathers? Are you still thinking that chicken might be male? At 19 weeks, that is probably a pullet getting ready to start laying eggs (at which point the comb on a female does grow quickly from "chick" size to "adult hen" size.)

 

[Fcampo2]

Hi everyone! In case it helps others in the future: I wanted to come back here and mention that both turned out to be pullets . Pretty sure they are Easter eggers as well as one lays a pink egg and the other green!

 

[NatJ]

Hi everyone! In case it helps others in the future: I wanted to come back here and mention that both turned out to be pullets . Pretty sure they are Easter eggers as well as one lays a pink egg and the other green!

Thank you for updating!

It is nice to know the answer to the mystery, and I'm glad they really were pullets