Help! Before I buy this chick... NEW PICS...

[Paganbird]

What color does this dark chick appear to be?
I am planning to buy two peachicks, but I am hoping for purple or pied. The dark chick in the picture is thought to be purple, but the seller said it might be india blue. He also told me that at 1 week old, it has started to get white patches on its wings.

I will try to get a better picture, but this is the only one I have right now.

ETA: "New pics" to subject line

 

[deerman]

Yes its a blue, if from a purple male and blue hen, it will be a male.

Other look like 2 blackshoulder(not sure of color) 2 white.

no pieds no purple unless the blackshouders are.

 

[deerman]

the yellow chicks outside 2 are BS 2 center white.

find out what the father and mother was.

the 2 Could be Purple Blackshoulder.

 

[Pavo Royale]

Deerman, without revealing any secrets, can you tell us how you can tell the difference? The four look the same to me!!!

 

[deerman]

Know these are older(3 months) from a purple male and blue hens. darker one male blue, lighter color purple female. But at the age of the ones in your pic. purples would still be lighter

 

[Paganbird]

Thanks for your help.
The seller also has another dark chick that just hatched. I'll see if he'll send me a pick of that one. I would really like a color other than blue.
I'll have to ask him about the parents. I'll be picking them up on the 20th. They will be 3 weeks old by that time. How long will it take before I can tell if the black shoulders are pied or purple? I'll probably get the black shoulder chicks & hope for purple.

 

[deerman]

Quote:
Look at the flight feathers, if cream color blackshoulder. if white should be no color in the flight feathers.

Only thing purple,peach,and cameo blackshoulder have lighter cream color flights. Hard to tell the color from pics but BS for sure

 

[deerman]

Quote:
If you can find out what the parent are, with purple we maybe able to tell sex by color. purple bs will be white with brown specks, blue bs will be white with black specks.

 

[Kev]

nm

 

[Pavo Royale]

"Look at the flight feathers, if cream color blackshoulder. if white should be no color in the flight feathers.

Only thing purple,peach,and cameo blackshoulder have lighter cream color flights. Hard to tell the color from pics but BS for sure"


Thanks, Deerman. Now I see!