Is this a BLRW??? (post #19 = new pics and very upset!!)

[technodoll]

Yeah, this chick is NOT a beauty!

Sigh. Apparently both parents are BLRW, the lady sent me pics... so perhaps a recessive gene resurfaced since it's crap (er. stock...) from McMurray!

I really hope it's a girl because nobody wants to buy mixed roos and I paid $7 for this chick last month - grrrrr!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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No worries, it's a girl.

 

[redturtle]

i have no idea...but heres my 2 cents worth...i know wyandottes come in golden laced....maybe she is that...but the two chicks look completely different...also i am new to chixn so i am more than likely WRONG....lol...they all look funny/scary when they are this age

 

[geebs]

Okay.... Here is what I see.... (probably a crossbreed) but the shanks are correct.... the comb is correct and it is a female. It looks like it is coming in partridge or duckwing or something like that. I think it is at it's ugly stage but will be an attractive bird. If you are a breeder then I would try to swap out... If you are an enthusiast I would ask for some kind of compensation and keep the girl.. I bet she turns out real pretty... I don't think she is ugly in any way... She is at the awkward stage.

 

[DoubleTake]

Hey! She's not ugly just not well colored.. too much red with not enough lacing but she does look like she was suppose to be a BLRW! Most likely what you thought.. she is some kind of Hatchery stock..

 

[gjpaddles]

It kind of looks like my Easter Egger chick.

i don't think that it's ugly, just going through the funny adolesent stage. I'm sure she'll be a pretty hen

 

[technodoll]

You guys made my day

She will stay since she's a hen and as for the coloring, I will be patient and see what she turns out to look like in a few months...

In reality I really don't care, as long as she's sweet, healthy and lays nice eggs...

I don't breed my birds to sell to people (except for the occasional silkie...) so it's no big deal about the BLRW type (I have others that are correct) but I did alert the breeder, she has to know what her birds are throwing gene-wise!

 

[speckledhen]

Doesn't look like a BLRW to me at all, really, but could be a color cross. No matter what, I'd not return that chick since you've had some issues in your flock. I know you don't want to pass anything to someone else's flock after all the heartache you've been through lately with disease issues. Hopefully, it's a pullet and you can just chalk it up to an accident. Many of my crossbreeds were very happy accidents.

 

[technodoll]

Bad news... I'm pretty sure this youngster is a boy

He/she is now 10 weeks old and although there is no comb and the wattles are barely there, I see saddle feathers growing in. Face is getting red, hackle feathers look pointy, wing feathers are shiny/irridescent and the legs are getting big.

I'm so discouraged - we're over-run by boys and I can only keep a handful, the rest will have to be re-homed after all this hard work and investment.

Anyways, I took some pics today and would love confirmation that Scarlet is, indeed, a boy