Is this a California White?

[onthespot]

here it is as a baby.

And here it is now. I think it's a pullet. it is very VERY tame with minimal handling.

 

[lurky]

I dont know what a California white is, but that looks blue to me

 

[Katy]

I don't know if it's a California White or not, but how old is it in the second picture? It looks more like a roo to me.

 

[Blisschick]

It looks like a splash roo to me. Some types of white chicks will start out with smoky or gray down, but this isn't one of them.

 

[silkiechicken]

If that chick is under 3-4 months old... it's a boy.

It's also not a cali white as cali whites look like leghorns with a few black feathers.

Interesting that the legs have gone from yellow to that bleached white. From my experience, to go from orange legs to bleached legs, takes 3-4 months of laying.

 

[onthespot]

My best guess is that it is a early to mid march hatch. I thought the legs were odd too. Also the tame disposition. Its primary wing feathers always look disheveled, no matter how I house it. It was really REALLY skinny and weak when I got it. I just put Start n' Grow in front of it and said, get busy livin, or get busy dyin' and by golly it got busy living. It was a free chick by a cash register at a bird store and I just liked the color of it and wanted to see how it turned out. If it is a boy for sure, the experiment might be over. I am not THAT interested in how it turns out, LOL. I have better birds to pour feed through. If i thought it might lay eggs for me I wouldn't mind feeding it, but just for the curiosity factor, nah, not that nosy. LOL Thanks all for the guesstimations on what it is.

 

[chickenshadow]

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Was thinking the same thing. My Cali White looks nothing like that chick. She
was a yellow chick and now fully white.

 

[S n M Poultry]

it looks like a california gray to me