Male or female help please:)

[Peafowlssssssss]

Fist chick doesn't look cameo, its a black shoulder, but maybe india blue black shoulder. Second is cameo for sure.

 

[DylansMom]

Fist chick doesn't look cameo, its a black shoulder, but maybe india blue black shoulder. Second is cameo for sure.

Agreed, that first one doesn't look like a CBS, but a little light colored for IBBS, I'm wondering if it could be Purple BS Pied? Second looks Cameo or Peach, so hard to tell the diff. at this age.

 

[Bad Wolf]

Would you dare to take a guess at the sexes?? I was so hoping to have a male, but it doesn't look like it so far

I think the first one may be Cameo Black Shoulder Pied and the second Cameo.

Agreed, that first one doesn't look like a CBS, but a little light colored for IBBS, I'm wondering if it could be Purple BS Pied? Second looks Cameo or Peach, so hard to tell the diff. at this age.

 

[DylansMom]

Would you dare to take a guess at the sexes?? I was so hoping to have a male, but it doesn't look like it so far

The BS looks like a hen so far. Can you get a good clear photo if the front of the neck and breast area on the Cameo/Peach one? Also a clear close-up of the shoulder area, how old is this one?

 

[KsKingBee]

Sorry Bad Wolf, I am going to bow out to the ones with more experience.

Black Shoulder chicks change so much day to day they can be very hard to ID and sex. Here is an example of what I think is an IBBS Pied WE. It may not be, but even when you know the parents things pop up that are unexpected. Just by looking at the parents, phenecitically, the dad is IB Pied WE, the mother is IB Pied. Genetically the dad is IB Pied WE split Cameo, split BS. I think the is IB Pied and I suspect splits that I can not confirm like WE and Cameo and BS. Chicks can be like a box of chockolots.

 

[Bad Wolf]

 

[Bad Wolf]

From the age we were told at the feed store, he/she is about 1 month old.

 

[DylansMom]

From the age we were told at the feed store, he/she is about 1 month old.

1 month is a little early to tell, if you can post similar pics at 6 & 8 weeks I will give you my opinions and why. There are certain types of feathers I look for and when the wings aren't making it clear I go to the chest/breast area.

 

[Bad Wolf]

Thank you, Dylan's mom. I will repost pics in another month!