IB BS or Bronze BS....Any guesses?

[casportpony]

My IB-BS looked very different at 13 weeks, so based on that, I would say he's not IB-BS.


-Kathy

What has me convinced is the gray coloring, no IB BS I've ever raised has had this gray color.
He came from @snowshoe
 so I am hoping he will add his 2 cents on what I've got???

Can you get some close ups of the gray color? I'm just curious.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

Can you get some close ups of the gray color? I'm just curious.

-Kathy

I don't know if these are close enough for you? I do know that on every IBBS male I've had these dark feathers were showing some green color by now, but these are a dull almost ash or charcoal gray color. Same for the dark markings on the wings and tail, no black just gray.

 

[casportpony]

I just looked at mine and he has *tons* of green and I see none in your guy. Here's a visual for you, picture me holding the iPad up next to my boy and comparing, lol!

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

I just looked at mine and he has *tons* of green and I see none in your guy. Here's a visual for you, picture me holding the iPad up next to my boy and comparing, lol!

-Kathy

My first Peas were BS, so I've raised tons of BS chicks in 20 years and this one is just different. That's why I'm so convinced it's a Bronze BS. There is No green on him.
Laughing at that visual and feeling like a big dummy because the other BS in that pen is an IBBS and I've thought it a male until today. While comparing it's color with the Bronze BS in these pictures I realized the pattern is a hen's Pattern. Guess I'm changing "Little Charlie's" name.

 

[snowshoe]

Wish I could help you determine if it is Bronze BS or IB BS split to bronze, but I have one I kept and am not sure either it is about a month younger than yours, Blue Creek Farms was interested in a Bronze BS chick he wanted me to send him some pictures of the chicks I had as he said he knew some one that could tell at an early age to what they were I never did as we were about 4 hour trip from each other and I saw on some of his posts on here that he found a Bronze BS, and it seemed everyone was looking for BS chicks when they came this year.

 

[KsKingBee]

My first Peas were BS, so I've raised tons of BS chicks in 20 years and this one is just different. That's why I'm so convinced it's a Bronze BS. There is No green on him.
Laughing at that visual and feeling like a big dummy because the other BS in that pen is an IBBS and I've thought it a male until today. While comparing it's color with the Bronze BS in these pictures I realized the pattern is a hen's Pattern. Guess I'm changing "Little Charlie's" name.

What is a 'hens pattern'?

 

[KsKingBee]

And the hens do not get any green or blue on the neck, right?

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Little Yellow and her green neck:

 

[DylansMom]

Little Yellow and her green neck:

As new2 has so aptly shown, they can get some green high on the neck, usually on a male it will extend down onto the back but on the hens it stays up high.

 

[KsKingBee]

As new2 has so aptly shown, they can get some green high on the neck, usually on a male it will extend down onto the back but on the hens it stays up high.

That helps a lot, I have been watching my BS chicks closely and it seems that almost all of them are getting green on the back and neck. I was hoping for hens... Guess I have some males for sale. I am still a bit confused about the lacing, I have seen a very striking hen with the 'diamond' like pattern on her back, she was beautiful. But you are saying that males backs get a laced feather look at a young age and females don't? I may have misunderstood you. Sorry, I don't mean to hijack your thread about Bronze.