Purple the mystery chick and little buddy Pip

AmandaKJ

Chirping
Apr 6, 2019
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It’s (Larger, light colored chick)
‘Purple’ is our pretty mystery chick. The previous owner was unsure of the gender, breed and age. I’m guessing it’s maybe 4-6 weeks old now and we’ve had it 2 weeks. When we got it, it was still had a large amount of yellow down, but as it’s maturing, it’s turning bright white. It doesn’t have any other colors or markings. Any ideas as to breed and gender?

(Smaller, multi-colored chick)
This little one is ‘Pip’, and it’s the last of our recent hatch. It’s a Blue EE x Buff Orpington, and just a little over 2 weeks old. When I feather sexed it at a day old, I assumed pullet. Am I correct, or is it still too early to tell?

Thank you!!
 
The white looks like a White Leghorn pullet. But if the earlobes become red then she's most likely a White Plymouth Rock. The second one is still a bit too young to accurately sex yet. Please post him/her again in a few weeks.
 
White Leghorn, to young to sex. "Pip" is also much to young to sex. Feather sexing only works with specifically bread hybrids that have been selectively bread to carry the fast feathering female gene and slow feathering male gene.
 

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