Sexing young chicks

[new 2 pfowl]

I'm going to say girl above, but again, hard to tell how dark the barring is there...

Looks like cameo?
Take a look at the cameo chicks here for reference: http://peafowlimagedatabase.weebly.com/peachick-chart.html

 

[new 2 pfowl]

The chick on the right is a girl, but can't really see the one on the left here...

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Here are some pictures from our fabulous pealady Zazouse, maybe they will help...

 

[itsjustme]

Cameo? Is that possible out of two ibs? I have one male and one female and these babies are theirs. Im not going to complain that they could both be females bc the other 2 look exactly like the darkest one and I would be fine with all girls I never get that lucky. Lol

 

[itsjustme]

Here are some pictures from our fabulous pealady Zazouse, maybe they will help...

Three of mine look like the female in the second pic. Idk where my 4th come from then? Lol my only hen hatched out all of mine.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Well, pea genetics are definitely not my strong suit!

But do you know anything about the parents of your "IB" pair? Their phenotype - what they look like - may be IB, but their genotype - the hidden genetics they are carrying - may be a mystery! There is some info about pea genetics in the Peafowl Stickies if you want to take a peek (see below). And someone who knows what they are talking about (not me!) may be able to give you an idea of what your IB pair might have hidden.

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[DylansMom]

Well, pea genetics are definitely not my strong suit!

But do you know anything about the parents of your "IB" pair? Their phenotype - what they look like - may be IB, but their genotype - the hidden genetics they are carrying - may be a mystery! There is some info about pea genetics in the Peafowl Stickies if you want to take a peek (see below). And someone who knows what they are talking about (not me!) may be able to give you an idea of what your IB pair might have hidden.

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Cameo is a sex linked color so hens cannot be split to Cameo, however males can. And a male that is split to Cameo can produce some Cameo daughters(doesn't matter what color he is mated to), but not sons. A hen only needs 1 Cameo gene to be Cameo while a male needs two cameo genes to express that color. That said, if that is indeed a Cameo hen you have there you will know your male is split to Cameo.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

I know that someone here would know what they were talking about!!

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

This lighter chick looks more like a purple chick.

 

[KsKingBee]

This lighter chick looks more like a purple chick.

I am with Q8 on this. I have three purple chicks and they all look like this.