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[Z13pyz]

Are these bb red or crele chicks? Or both? I'm thinking the 2 with lighter heads and white in feathering are crele and other 4 are bb red but I'm no expert. Thanks in advance!

 

[HeatherKellyB]

@RoostersAreAwesome @tn_artist

They're both brilliant at this and I believe OEGB's are a favorite breed of @RoostersAreAwesome if I'm not mistaken

 

[Z13pyz]

4 weeks

 

[tn_artist]

@RoostersAreAwesome @tn_artist

They're both brilliant at this and I believe OEGB's are a favorite breed of @RoostersAreAwesome if I'm not mistaken

I'm a bit out of practice. We've been fighting a Cooper's hawk and an occasional sharp shinned hawk. We lost a lot of Seramas and a few OEGB.
I'm much better with colors when they are a couple weeks older.
A white spot on the head is usually a sign of barring, but the rest of that one being chipmunk striped, I would say that is a Crele. Please update in a couple weeks and I will give it a go.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

At this point, my guesses are that you have two creles and four BBRs. When they’re this young it’s hard to be certain.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

BBR and female crele chicks will be difficult to tell apart until feathered. The chicks with the muted grey down and white spots are crele males. I would assume BBR until proven otherwise because that's what you ordered

 

[Z13pyz]

BBR and female crele chicks will be difficult to tell apart until feathered. The chicks with the muted grey down and white spots are crele males. I would assume BBR until proven otherwise because that's what you ordered

i actually didnt order them just picked them up at a farm store. They were in assortments of w silkie bbr and silver sebright. So I had assumed these were all bbr. But they came from hoovers and they also sell silver duckwing which also look a lot like the bbr chicks. Has me wondering now if I have any idea what I got

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

I think they look like crele too. How can you confirm cockerel? They are hatchery birds. Were supposed to be all bb red though. If I got a couple crele cockerels I'm not even mad lol

Crele is an autosexing colour If I'm remembering correctly the girls are a darker chipmunk pattern and the boys are a little more red, less patterned and have a white dot on their head ^^

 

[Z13pyz]

Here's some other pics of the ones I thought were bbr

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

I'm fairly sure that crele pullets and BBR chicks of both sexes, look fairly similar as chicks, update us in a few weeks/months though!! : D