Guess That Gender - Hubble’s Growth

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Hubble here was hatched April 26th, so that makes them 3 weeks old. I know it’s almost impossible to tell this early, but I was wanting to get the ball rolling on this little poll. They’re a mix breed that came from a blue egg, so their mom is either one of my Easter Eggers or Crean Legbar and the dad is…who knows, I have 7 roosters, lol. I think I narrowed it down to my salmon faverolle because Hubble has an extra toe on one foot and lightly feathered legs. Also, don’t mind the blu-kote staining their down. They got attacked by another broody hen like 4 days after they hatched which I had another thread for.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Okay, this chick has a confusing mix of traits.
Salmon Faverolles: Leg fuzz, extra toe, muffs
EE: Pea comb, Muffs
Other breeds: Yellow legs

I can guarantee it's not the chick of a purebred Favorelles.

 

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Okay, this chick has a confusing mix of traits.
Salmon Faverolles: Leg fuzz, extra toe, muffs
EE: Pea comb, Muffs
Other breeds: Yellow legs

I can guarantee it's not the chick of a purebred Favorelles.

Oh, believe me I know. I’m honestly not even sure because Drago ( my faverolle roo ) has white legs but that doesn’t mean he isn’t carrying the trait for yellow. Well, I do have a cream legbar ( she doesn’t have a crest ) so Hubble could’ve gotten the yellow legs from that

EDIT: but Hubble’s pea comb should’ve came from one of the EEs. So, yeah, this is a confusing bunch of traits. Then again, EEs are a mix breed so who knows what kind of traits they could be giving to Hubble

 

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The possible moms & dads

 

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By no means is it necessary, but commentary on why you think Hubble is whatever gender is welcome!

 

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Just kind of thinking— I know a lot of times with mix breeds that red patches on the wings is usually a solid indicator of the chicken in question being a rooster, yeah?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Just kind of thinking— I know a lot of times with mix breeds that red patches on the wings is usually a solid indicator of the chicken in question being a rooster, yeah?

Precisely! It almost always indicates cockerel. Every once in a while you'll wind up with a pullet with some reddish shoulders but typically it's much more of a "pattern" than a patch of splotch. I usually see the exception in Easter Eggers and it also occurs in Red Shouldered Yokohamas. Here's a nice comparison of the sexes showing how patchy male colored shoulders are versus the rare female colored shoulder that has some pattern mixed in! Hopefully this helps some!

 

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Precisely! It almost always indicates cockerel. Every once in a while you'll wind up with a pullet with some reddish shoulders but typically it's much more of a "pattern" than a patch of splotch. I usually see the exception in Easter Eggers and it also occurs in Red Shouldered Yokohamas. Here's a nice comparison of the sexes showing how patchy male colored shoulders are versus the rare female colored shoulder that has some pattern mixed in! Hopefully this helps some!

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So that’s probably why the majority of votes are already for cockerel, lol. It looks like Hubble is getting the wing patches ahh. Still hopes he ends up being a pullet, though. As you can see in the possible dads list, I already have enough roosters lmao

 

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Here’s some itty bitty Hubble pictures

 

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