The inevitable humidity question, day before lockdown, help please!

[aart]

Even at 5-6 weeks female beak is darker.
Don't you have some about this age?

 

[oregonkat]

Yes, and indeed if you look at page 6 the pics of my two girls and one of my boys and sure enough, the girls beaks are way darker. Nice observation!!

 

[WVduckchick]

Yes, and indeed if you look at page 6 the pics of my two girls and one of my boys and sure enough, the girls beaks are way darker. Nice observation!!

Very interesting! I usually note beak color on my hatch notes, just so I can know which chick is which as they grow. I'm going to check my BCMs when I go put them up in a few minutes.

 

[oregonkat]

Very interesting! I usually note beak color on my hatch notes, just so I can know which chick is which as they grow. I'm going to check my BCMs when I go put them up in a few minutes.

 

[aart]

You know I only really noticed it when they were all in that bucket this morning.
I went back to look at the just hatched pics an it's apparent there too,
and maybe easier to see on a still wet chick than the 'head spot or not'.

 

[lazy gardener]

My avatar EE roo over Dom hens produced BSL. The pullets had black combs until they reached POL. Then, as the combs grew, the new growth was red. All the male BSL had normal red combs.

 

[oregonkat]

You know I only really noticed it when they were all in that bucket this morning.
I went back to look at the just hatched pics an it's apparent there too,
and maybe easier to see on a still wet chick than the 'head spot or not'.

Yessss, I am liking where this is going!

 

[aart]

My avatar EE roo over Dom hens produced BSL. The pullets had black combs until they reached POL. Then, as the combs grew, the new growth was red. All the male BSL had normal red combs.

Did females have dark beaks and male light beaks too?
I was thinking of asking you if this was common for all BSL's,
glad you stopped by here!

 

[lazy gardener]

I do believe the beaks were darker, but not as pronounced as the ones shown on this thread.

I also had sex links from my Avatar roo over pioneer hen. With the Pioneer chicks from MMc, I noted that the pullets had willow colored legs. Their feather coloring was varied shades of light red with some black here and there. But the cockerels had yellow legs with varied tones of light red, tan cuckoo pattern. All the pullet chicks bred from Avatar roo x Pioneer hen had the willow colored legs and the same soft red/black feather pattern. But the cockerels had legs and feather color similar to the MMc cockerels.

 

[aart]

I also had sex links from my Avatar roo over pioneer hen. With the Pioneer chicks from MMc, I noted that the pullets had willow colored legs. Their feather coloring was varied shades of light red with some black here and there. But the cockerels had yellow legs with varied tones of light red, tan cuckoo pattern. All the pullet chicks bred from Avatar roo x Pioneer hen had the willow colored legs and the same soft red/black feather pattern. But the cockerels had legs and feather color similar to the MMc cockerels.

I guess I'm most interested in the differences in the genders as new chicks.