Substitution in Order?

Tervuren

Songster
5 Years
Joined
Aug 30, 2020
Messages
276
Reaction score
738
Points
246
Location
Southern Idaho
I got my chicks from Murray McMurray on Thursday, and between cooing over how cute they are and nursing a sick chick, it took me a few days to realize I might have a substitution!
Little Fancy is supposed to be an Ameracauna/Easter Egger, but she doesn’t have muffs or a beard. I’m thinking they probably substituted another colored egg layer, maybe a Whiting Green or Blue? Any thoughts on breed (and just for fun adult color!)? I know it can be hard when they’re this young, but it can be fun to speculate too! Photos are attached, with photo bombing from the other chicks. 😄 3F158F9A-9BC1-4906-B341-7AD01BB54C89.jpeg 1B31CF42-9A7E-411E-8439-AA06D466D937.jpeg C840CA3C-188F-48F6-B08D-87AEA916D3BF.jpeg 439A7E5E-B54A-4AC9-8DF9-4D1528901B02.jpeg C22C44D5-DE48-483A-B994-7591017C0007.jpeg
 
Okay here are some update pics of Fancy for fun! The chicks have been hanging out my arm this week and I got some cute pics. They’ll be 3 weeks on Tuesday.

Likely possible breeds/varieties are EE, Whiting True Green, and Whiting True Blue. It looks like she has a straight comb at this point, but these are my first chicks so idk? Anyway, straight comb would point to True Green, but she looks like her feathers are coming in silvery and True Greens are only red. Are these set of feathers indicative of final adult color or do they still change at this age? I think her leg color is still developing, so no help there yet. If she starts looking Leghornish that will point to True Blue since Leghorns were used in their development apparently.

Feel free to wildly speculate on breed and adult color! I know what everyone else is and what color they’ll be, so Fancy is the only chick who will be a surprise color.

1DE5ADDD-404E-4C80-BC25-26399C291F70.jpeg
C2F3D13A-5F88-4F52-AA20-46EB90C8833F.jpeg
DC05522B-4AAE-4237-99A7-420064293475.jpeg
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom