Silver Laced Wyandotte or other? Almost 10 weeks

Keedlez5

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Jun 9, 2024
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Hi all,

I got my first batch of chicks about 10 weeks ago. Was supposed to get 2 Easters, 2 Welsummers, and 2 Gold Laced Wyandottes.
One of the Wyandottes is definitely not a Gold Laced. Has black and white coloring, at first assumed it was a Silver Laced Wy...but am now wondering as the feather pattern seems to be inverted from what I have typically seen. Instead of white center and black trim on the feathers it's got black surrounded by white.

Also, been wondering if this chick is a roo. All signs seem to point in that direction, but I have heard Wyandottes are notoriously difficult to sex. Started showing a comb at about 5 or 6 weeks. Comb got kind of reddish at around 7 weeks, now it's gotten a little paler again once she/he turned 8 weeks....not sure if this was just due to molting or something else. Doesn't really have wattles yet at 10 weeks, but back tail feathers look a little rooster like, whisky while the other chicks all have well-defined tail feathers. Is definitely the more aggressive/roo-like of the bunch, but I'm still kinda hopeful that it's a faster developing hen. The Gold Laced doesn't have a comb or much for wattles yet, for comparison.

Last two pics are earlier shots of same chick at 8 weeks and 7 weeks.

Thanks in advance for any input!
 

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Ahhh ok. Good to know, not surprised if he's an Easter Egger mix since he is probably from the same farm that the EEs were from...we just got them from a local feed store.
 
Agreed that he's a cockerel and a mix. Possibly a Silver-Laced Wyandotte mix (rose comb and the partial lacing suggest a wyandotte parent), though the "inverted" lacing suggests he also has a Birchen gene.

The GLW in the photos is a pullet.
 
Agreed that he's a cockerel and a mix. Possibly a Silver-Laced Wyandotte mix (rose comb and the partial lacing suggest a wyandotte parent), though the "inverted" lacing suggests he also has a Birchen gene.

The GLW in the photos is a pullet.
I also feel like he must be some kind of Wyandotte cross, seems to unlikely that he'd get that feather pattern without any Wyandotte genetics.
 

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