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Well, they seemed to grow as fast as all the others, but they are a smaller breed. We have one Leghorn hen, and the Spitzhauben hens are a teeny bit taller than her, with a bit more girth. I will post a few more pics of them as chicks, if you want.
Their crests took about a week or so before they turned into tiny nobs on the top of their head. The nobs took a while before they started to feather in. Lemme see if I can find anything else...
By the way, this is the male. The females of gray on the top of their head, while, in my experience, the males of yellow/white.
This is a female. The females, overall, seem darker. They develop some of their feathers on their wings before they develop the crest.
(we actually had some Welsummer chicks that were so nasty, they plucked a growing pin feather, so we had to pluck it out. We had to get rid of the Welsummer's when they got a little older, as no one enjoyed them at all(the other chicks))
Their crests took about a week or so before they turned into tiny nobs on the top of their head. The nobs took a while before they started to feather in. Lemme see if I can find anything else...
By the way, this is the male. The females of gray on the top of their head, while, in my experience, the males of yellow/white.
This is a female. The females, overall, seem darker. They develop some of their feathers on their wings before they develop the crest.
(we actually had some Welsummer chicks that were so nasty, they plucked a growing pin feather, so we had to pluck it out. We had to get rid of the Welsummer's when they got a little older, as no one enjoyed them at all(the other chicks))