It's very hard to judge by just a picture or two. I wouldn't sell your partridge just yet. It may have the best type of the four. I would say your paint is very likely a boy. I won't guess on the others. I wouldn't worry too much about size at this age. In my experience small ones usually catch up. I think your biggest problem is wings. They all appear to have loose wings or split wings, but they are young and may out grow that. In my limited experience they don't. Split wing is a DQ. You mentioned they had been in the mud so possibly their wings are muddy and heavy or they are molting to a new stage. As far as keeping them, it depends on your plans for the future. Your partridge color looks normal to me but could be dark blue. Hope you get some other feed back!!Would love some opinions on these four birds, they are 7 weeks old. All have five toes and good foot feather (though you can't tell right now as they are in need of baths from playing in the water)
#1 - Black, girl I think. She's from a paint breeding
#2 - Color help, I'm thinking blue partridge, but would like some more experienced help. I'm debating whether to keep or sell this one. I think this is also a girl. This chick is about half the size of the black, but very fuzzy. Came from a different set of eggs.
#3 - blue splash, again I think a girl. She's small like #2, I'm pretty well going to sell her, but would still like some opinions on her so I can learn some more for better selection.
#4 - Picaso - paint boy, he's always had a bigger comb then the rest. When I select hens for him in the future what areas do you think I should work to improve on first?
Thank you, I look forward to your input..and don't be worried about telling me if something is really bad or not. I just want to learn so I can improve on my stock.
