This year's peachicks-warning: pic heavy

[TerriLaChicks]

For my first year - and theirs - I set a total of 18 eggs and hatched 14 peachicks. Here are some of the babies (six have gone to their new home) - if anybody has any idea what color & sex the 1st chick is, please let me know! The last two pics are the proud papas. The mothers are both IB split white.

 

[zazouse]

Their beautiful.
I like the sand in the pen,a good source of grit lots, easer to keep clean and looks nice too

 

[frenchblackcopper]

Your last 2 pics are of he potential dads? A bronze and Siler Pied? BSSP? Your first pic looks to be a coming black shoulder male.This same chick is in your 4th and 7th picture? definately b/s pattern,and with it's "mottled" looking back with so much black growing in now it will be a male.Getting the b/s pattern from your BSSP male and the genetics are a guess for me,,but since the hens are IB,,phenotype,,your b/s chick will probably be IB phenotype as well since IB is a dominate color but the chick should be carrying two copies of w/e?
I have 3 chicks hatched this year that has 2 copies of w/e gene that does not have 1 white feather on them.So I'm guessing you have a IB/BS male carrying 2 copies of white.I have not hatched a black shoulder chick without having at least 1 parent being black shoulder.To get 100% all b/s chicks,both parents has to be b/s,,I can see the barring on the upper wing feathers on the bronze male you have.So I think the b/s pattern in your chick has came from your second male,,

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Your last 2 pics are of he potential dads? A bronze and Siler Pied? BSSP? Your first pic looks to be a coming black shoulder male.This same chick is in your 4th and 7th picture? definately b/s pattern,and with it's "mottled" looking back with so much black growing in now it will be a male.Getting the b/s pattern from your BSSP male and the genetics are a guess for me,,but since the hens are IB,,phenotype,,your b/s chick will probably be IB phenotype as well since IB is a dominate color but the chick should be carrying two copies of w/e?
I have 3 chicks hatched this year that has 2 copies of w/e gene that does not have 1 white feather on them.So I'm guessing you have a IB/BS male carrying 2 copies of white.I have not hatched a black shoulder chick without having at least 1 parent being black shoulder.To get 100% all b/s chicks,both parents has to be b/s,,I can see the barring on the upper wing feathers on the bronze male you have.So I think the b/s pattern in your chick has came from your second male,,

Wow, thanks! I never even considered that possibility -- they have a wild set of genes -- my two males both came from Mr. Burtis -- the mother of the bronze is a silver pied. My pied male was sired by a peach. Yes it is the same chick in the other photos. It turned 1 month Aug 13th. It was born white & has been a fascinating work in progress to watch the colors come in. Thank you for your answer. Next year I'll be separating them into 2 separate pens. The bronze may be a progressive; he is moulting & developing white patches - I have sent pics of him at 1 year & this morning to the Loudens to see what they think - they have Mr Burt's progressive bronze.

 

[Trefoil]

I have no idea what they are, but they are beautiful.