Show off your Peas!

[BYC-user-174785]

margaret8, what color is Peep? It looks different to me. I am refering to Peep as it because I seem to think its a hen. Anyone agree?

 

[KsKingBee]

You certainly have much more experience than I do but I see a BS hen, but then I am such a rank novice, but I am trying to learn.

 

[margaret8]

margaret8, what color is Peep?  It looks different to me.  I am refering to Peep as it because I seem to think its a hen.  Anyone agree?

I have 2 BS hens which are 1 yr old. They were 2 days old when I got them. They are quite different then him. First he is huge and 2nd his coloring is very pronounced and getting darker every day.
Here is a pix of my BS hens when they were about 4 or 5 mo old.

 

[margaret8]

I forgot to include the pix!

 

[margaret8]

I forgot to include the pix!

Peep is a BS Male. Both of his parents were BS split to white. There were 2 hatched that were identical except this one is about twice as big.

 

[margaret8]

Peep is a BS Male. Both of his parents were BS split to white. There were 2 hatched that were identical except this one is about twice as big.

Here is a pix of both see how much larger he is?

 

[margaret8]

Here is a pix of both see how much larger he is?

Here is a pix of his father

 

[new 2 pfowl]

I'm not sure size is a completely accurate way to determine gender...
How old is Peep?
Here's our IBBS girl Little Yellow at about a month and she is darker than Peep...



You might take a look at this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ts-and-i-mean-that-in-the-nicest-possible-way

 

[margaret8]

You can see his dark feathers here.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

You can see his dark feathers here.

Little Yellow, 100% girl!