Spitzhaubens

[PhoredaBurds]

I'm new to spitzhaubens and was wondering if someone could answer a question for me...

I have 4 silver spangled chicks from a hatchery. Three have white wing/tail feathers coming in. The other one has very dark feathers starting in. Is this a quality issue or do the genders feather different or just a random observation? Any insight is welcome.

I can get pictures tomorrow if anyone is curious. TIA

Take lots of picks & watch them as they grow out. Their colors change so much as they grow out that it's tough to know how they'll look until they're big. I haven't seen gender differences as color concentration. Sometimes the pullets will have bigger, fluffier crests than the cockerels, but watching for waddle buds & combs is a more reliable indication of gender.

I'm sure they're cute! Please post pics

 

[SD Bird Lady]

Darker winged chick. We are in the middle of a reminder that it isn't spring just yet! I managed to snap a few pics, but chicks aren't very tame because its too cold to hang around much.

 

[SD Bird Lady]

Lighter colored chick. I have three that are similar to this one. I love the spangled look so I'm super excited.

 

[Metella]

Here is my test hatch that Pyxis incubated for me - isn't the spitz so cute ! The others are a mix from my hen that is over 5 years old and still laying HUGE and consistent eggs -so I decided to see she passed that on to peeps ... just for the large eggs

 

[Faraday40]

Here are my 3 spitz chicks. They're supposed to be silver appenzeller spitzhaubens, but they are so much lighter than the ones I hatched last year. These came from Cackle via the local Farm N Fleet store.

They borrowed a guitar from Barbie for this pic.

 

[SD Bird Lady]

Here is my test hatch that Pyxis incubated for me - isn't the spitz so cute ! The others are a mix from my hen that is over 5 years old and still laying HUGE and consistent eggs -so I decided to see she passed that on to peeps ... just for the large eggs

Nice birds, good luck on the eggs!!

 

[SD Bird Lady]

Here are my 3 spitz chicks. They're supposed to be silver appenzeller spitzhaubens, but they are so much lighter than the ones I hatched last year. These came from Cackle via the local Farm N Fleet store. They borrowed a guitar from Barbie for this pic.

Adorable, have to redo it as they grow with that same guitar. Esp. once their punk rock "hair" grows it.

 

[Faraday40]

My Spitzhaubens are just starting to grow in their "Spitz"
No idea what genders yet. I just took lots of pics & some close ups so I may compare at a later date when I eventually do figure out the genders.

Chick A








Chick B




Chick C

 

[Alaskan]

Looking cute!


My Spitz eggs hatched, I think I got 5 total.

A bunch of eggs either didn't start or died midway through. I am pretty sure due to the fact that many of the eggs were almost frozen.. probably damaged them just a bit too much. Everything that made it to hatch hatched. So I think I will call it a good set.

Of the ones hatched I think one will be gold with black spots, and the rest are gold/cream with white spots (Chamois color).

Pretty cool.

I have a much bigger set of eggs to put in the incubator tomorrow, but I had one darker egg (an EE), that I couldn't see well enough when I candled...so am giving it an extra day.

 

[Faraday40]

Look at the big changes in less than 1 week!

Pics below are all the same chick. (chick a) I'm trying to carefully document the growth so that perhaps I can go back & figure out some early ways to identify gender. ( Last year it took me about 5 weeks! There's got to be some clues to figure it out sooner.)