Red Breasted Black OEGB?

[FowlLove]

Hello everyone! I posted earlier and was told this chick is probably a black breasted red OEGB. Does it still look like that's what she is? The feathers she has coming in makes me think she's going to be a different color, but I could be wrong.

 

[NatJ]

I posted earlier and was told this chick is probably a black breasted red OEGB. Does it still look like that's what she is? The feathers she has coming in makes me think she's going to be a different color, but I could be wrong.

Looks right to me.

 

[FowlLove]

Looks right to me.

Thanks! It seems like it's hard to find good pictures of black breasted red hens so that's why I wasn't sure.

 

[HighlandChickens]

May or may not be a hen, but it looks just like my bbroegb rooster did at that age.

 

[NatJ]

Thanks! It seems like it's hard to find good pictures of black breasted red hens so that's why I wasn't sure.

At this age, I wouldn't be sure on gender, but they do both get their first feathers with that kind of interesting camouflage pattern. When she/he gets feathers on the breast (a few more weeks, perhaps), then you can be sure of gender: black-breasted is male, brown-breasted is female. (Some people say they can tell gender early by the details of head and eye markings--I am not one of those people. I wait for other sign, like breast feathers or comb development. I know some of them are regularly right, but I just don't see the same things they do when I look at a chick.)

 

[FowlLove]

Here’s some updated pictures

 

[NatJ]

Cute little pullet

 

[FowlLove]

Here she is again—almost fully feathered! And this little baby can FLY! She’s more like a wild bird than a chicken