Just plain confused

[cbrown86]

I was told this chick was a Buff Brahma, but am now told it is a MF D'Uccle. I also got it out of the pullet bin, but am being told it is a cockerel...

I was also told that this one was a Partridge Rock, but am now being told it's not. Any ideas...?

Baby pics:

 

[The Turken Lady]

I'm pretty sure that the first chick is a D'uccle. It looks like a cockerel to me,but hey;It might end up being a pullet. (Not an expert on D'uccles)

The second chick..not sure. If it's a partridge rock,it's either hatchery quality or mixed (Not an expert on this breed either)

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

The first one is a D'uccle. And the second one looks like a wyandotte. I am unsure of the genders though.

 

[Nicole01]

sunny & the 5 egg layers :

The first one is a D'uccle. And the second one looks like a wyandotte. I am unsure of the genders though.

I agree with this. The D'Uccle does look like a boy, but you'll find out soon if he/she crows. The Wyandotte is a golden laced and looks like a pullet to me.​

 

[georgialee]

Your d'uccle isn't Mille fleur - it's blue/buff. I love the color

 

[Pele]

Hrm... these pictures are a bit confusing. I don't believe the chicks you are showing match the young birds in the first pic. The first dark adult bird is a gold-laced (possible Wyandotte).

The dark chicks in the latter pics are barred, which shouldn't every show up in any growth stage on a laced bird. The chick pics are definitely NOT Wyandotte. Wyandottes have a very specific and hilarious messy face pattern when they are babies, and never grow a barred pattern. At the most extreme, thier first feathers are all black/brown when they first come in, then the lacing starts to appear more during the juvenile molt.

What a puzzle!


edit: I was so puzzled I stared at the pics longer, and I CAN see a bit of barring in the older pic. Definitely a cross of two breeds.

 

[orientphoenix]

the second one is possibly a wyandotte or a dark cornish

 

[tls_ranch]

The second is a dark cornish pullet. The picture as a chick shows juvenile coloring not a barred pattern. The pullet looks to have a pea comb and the stance, body type and thick legs of hatchery dark cornish.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

The first is a D'Uccle and I would guess it is a blue mille fluer. And, yes, it does appear to be a cockerel. I'm not aware of any hatcheries that sex bantams so if the place you bought it told you it was a pullet then they were either misled, misinformed, or purposely misleading you.

The second looks like it might be a dark Cornish pullet.