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Leahs Mom said:
And some ee's (sold by hatchery as ameracauna. Spelled that wrong...) Really poor photos... :(

There are 3 of these, only got 2. This is double red band.View attachment 1490268


Double Yellow Band
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The good news is that all 3 laced orps look female so far. What luck! I think you have 1 blue silver laced orp & 2 reg silver laced orps, so a nice variety and easy to tell apart. The very dark one is interesting. I can't wait to see how she turns out. I had a male like that & he turned out stunning, but it took several months. You really can't judge lacing until after they go through several of those juvenile molts.

Here's Trouble with her 2 laced orp babies. Your darker one & mine look like twins. (Yes, Trouble's a Sebright & they're orps 2xs her size.... but they're HER babies.)
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Your green band Dom could be a late blooming male. Does it have a sort of dark wash on the front of legs? (My female Dom, hatched 3-4-18, had lighter feathers like your 1st 2, but the legs assured me she was a female. She just started laying this week, so I'm finally positive of her gender. LOL) When young Bubbles was so much darker. She had the easy to identify more black than white feathering. As she molts each year, her feathers get more white. This year's Dom has more equal color distribution, so it worried me. Here are pics from June & late July:
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.... and one of Bubbles because we just love her:
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@Faraday40
There does still seem to be the dark wash on the green band's legs. The tiny double purple band seems to have more clear legs.... But in overall feathering color, the Blue Band boy, green band, and double purple band are all lighter in color than the other 3 which "might" indicate male.
 
Leahs Mom said:
@Faraday40
There does still seem to be the dark wash on the green band's legs. The tiny double purple band seems to have more clear legs.... But in overall feathering color, the Blue Band boy, green band, and double purple band are all lighter in color than the other 3 which "might" indicate male.
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The ones with more black than white on feathers = females. More white than black = males.

The harder part is when they're 50/50 and don't show the big pink comb like your confirmed male. Darker legs & beak on those would give me hope. If they don't have that, then keep watching for those male combs/wattles to develop.
 
@Faraday40
Yes, I think by overall coloring the green and double purple are boys.

So far My observations tell me that the confirmed male is not going to be a keeper by disposition. I imagine he'll be a real "looker", but I want males that are not aggressive toward people and are not mean to the girls. We'll see how it goes.

I'm planning on doing some serious observation of their interactions among themselves.


On the orps...
Knowing your description of the orp males, I wouldn't mind if there was one if I don't keep any of the dom males.

Who knows, may get rid of all the dom males!

The yellow band girl/boy is very friendly and allows me to pick her up. Of course, I handled her the most due to what we've discussed before. The other 2 won't come near unless absolutely necessary.
 

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