two light brown leghorns?

[MysteryChicken]

Looks like one of my pheonix cockerels

Yeah. Is he BB Red?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Yeah. Is he BB Red?

Wouldn't know. My gold duckwing trio make all sorts of funky colors. He's looking like he'll be a dark blonde so far, but he's only a few weeks old

 

[MysteryChicken]

Wouldn't know. My gold duckwing trio make all sorts of funky colors. He's looking like he'll be a dark blonde so far, but he's only a few weeks old

Sounds pretty. Pictures sometime?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Sounds pretty. Pictures sometime?

I'll see if I can snag him in one. The orphans are super skittish around people so they mainly hide in the rafters or dart past when your back is turned

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'll see if I can snag him in one. The orphans are super skittish around people so they mainly hide in the rafters or dart past when your back is turned

Sounds good.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

ok...bringin' it to the experts cuz I'm a little confused. I ordered hatching eggs...light brown leghorn. These two chicks are turning out awfully dark! Do these look right for light brown leghorns? Anyway...I'm less concerned with the exact breed than I am with what sex they might be. Both have developed MUCH faster(feathering, comb, body shape) than the other 5 varied breed chicks from this hatch, but that may be cuz they mature faster? I'm hoping! What I'm seeing is that both have some pretty decent sized combs...which sometimes go red on em...but not always. Here...I'll show you:View attachment 3191813
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The first two pics are Rita, the second two are Ruby. They're 4 1/2 weeks old. Sorry for the angles, but they're both pretty quick...it's very difficult to get a good shot of em! They look almost identical now except that Rita is darker, and Ruby has that red on her back. Ruby started getting her comb earlier and redder than Rita at first, but now their combs are almost identical. I think Ruby's might even be bigger/redder now! :-\ Are those some surefire signs of cockerel in leghorns? Or could these still be girls? I'm also a little worried about that red coloring on Ruby's back...is that a sign of roo? :-\ I'd love to have a breeding pair of these...they're the only two chicks of the same breed that I got out of this hatch...but they look SOOO much like each other...I doubt it's one of each. :-\

Can anyone help with guessing the gender on these chickies?

Who started plucking that one poor bird alive? It looks like something was out to remove it's wing?

 

[Dianekw]

Who started plucking that one poor bird alive? It looks like something was out to remove it's wing?

Nobody's plucking anyone in there...they're not fully feathered yet...and shes letting her wings fall a little lower than normal cuz she's preening, so you're seeing the young chickie-fluff under her wing that hasn't been replaced by feathers yet. Ooops...i guess i should be saying he/him/his, since the experts have pretty much crushed my hopes of either one bein a pullet.

 

[Papaws Chicken Ranch]

My two hens I wasn't sure about they had the long tail feathers, but anyway don't remember how dark they were at that age, am still learning.

 

[Paz]

I must say though, I don’t know about the colour gendering in here, it does make sense though. The comb of female leghorns is usually really big, so that is not the indication in that case.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

@MysteryChicken