Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Hinotori]

 

[theceltichorse]

@junebuggena

Ok, taking pics of chicks is NOT easy.

Going to show you what I have- MAYBE, you might be able to help me figure out who might be cockerels.

 

[theceltichorse]

@junebuggena

I think I am missing one.... LOL
Have 10 chicks- but only 18 pics.

 

[junebuggena]

@junebugenna

Ok, taking pics of chicks is NOT easy.

Going to show you what I have- MAYBE, you might be able to help me figure out who might be cockerels.



Cockerel, wide strips of white barring is pretty male specific.





Need a better body pic, but if this one has wide white stripes, it's a boy







Probably the most obvious cockerel you've got. Wide white stripes and a fairly developed comb.

That's about all I can say at the moment. The wider white stripes occur only in males because only males can have two copies of the barring gene. Now, that doesn't mean that the others are certainly female. There is still plenty of time for them to start looking like boys.

 

[Chickielady]

A joke for you !

If you have 9 bowling balls in one hand and 6 bowling balls in the other, what do you have? Really big hands!

 

[theceltichorse]

That's about all I can say at the moment. The wider white stripes occur only in males because only males can have two copies of the barring gene. Now, that doesn't mean that the others are certainly female. There is still plenty of time for them to start looking like boys.

Thank you. Penny asked me to send to you.

I will try to get more pics in a week or two when older.

 

[pennyJo1960]

When they are fully feathered it will be easier to judge
boys from girls

 

[vasher]

What is the difference between "speckled", "jubilee", and "mille fleur"? Are they the same patterns, genetic-wise, with darker or lighter base colors? Or are they actually different like BBS vs lavender?

 

[junebuggena]

What is the difference between "speckled", "jubilee", and "mille fleur"? Are they the same patterns, genetic-wise, with darker or lighter base colors? Or are they actually different like BBS vs lavender?

All are red/gold base color birds with mottling. I believe that jubilee and speckled are the same thing (partridge with mahogany and mottling), but with a different name, depending on the breed. Mille Fleur is buff columbian with mottling.

 

[Hinotori]

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