What age can I tell a royal palm from a calico?

[Capricoco]

I have four 8 week old poults that are either calicos or royal palms. So far none of them have red/brown, only black streaks. Does this mean they’re all royal palms or is it too early to tell which they are?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Can you share a picture? Generally calico have brown feathers along with the black and white as soon as they start to feather out in my experiences.

 

[Capricoco]

Can you share a picture? Generally calico have brown feathers along with the black and white as soon as they start to feather out in my experiences.

All 4 look exactly like this

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Where did you get them? I don't think they are calico.

 

[Capricoco]

Where did you get them? I don't think they are calico.

I hatched them out myself, based on parentage it should have been a 50/50 split between calicos and royal palms, so I guess this hatch just wasn’t a good one for me. Oh well, always next year to try! Thank you for the input.