I recently hatched out 9 chicks from a batch of barnyard mix eggs and these two have me really stumped. I love the colors but I'm suspecting both could be roosters so trying to decide which one I will end up keeping. If one has more rare/interesting color modifiers that would factor into my decision.
Anyone want to help take a stab at their color genotype? Or steer me in the right direction?
Chick 1:
Chick 2:
And here they are side by side (1 on right, 2 on left)
They seem to be similar except the first one has lighter shading on the head. And the second one has more of a grey tone to the color instead of dark black. Would this be blue dilution?
Their chick down was also different colors. The closest approximation I could find for 1 when looking at "identify my chick" pages was maybe silver duckwing? But now the body seems too light for that. No obvious match for chick 2.
Thanks everyone!
Anyone want to help take a stab at their color genotype? Or steer me in the right direction?
Chick 1:
Chick 2:
And here they are side by side (1 on right, 2 on left)
They seem to be similar except the first one has lighter shading on the head. And the second one has more of a grey tone to the color instead of dark black. Would this be blue dilution?
Their chick down was also different colors. The closest approximation I could find for 1 when looking at "identify my chick" pages was maybe silver duckwing? But now the body seems too light for that. No obvious match for chick 2.
Thanks everyone!
