- Mar 21, 2012
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So weeks ago I got some chicks, but questioned the sex and breed I was told. The chicks are older now and I'm hoping more identifiable.
Chick #1 I am hoping is a pullet. The lack of tail development has me concerned. She has very little comb and no wattles. She was supposed to be a English Blue Orpington.
Chick # 2 Has had great tail and feathering, pretty sure it's a pullet. Darker than Chick #1, she was supposed to be an English Blue Laced Orpington.
Chick #3 Has me baffled. Late tail and feathering at the start, but now is feathered nicely. Darker than Chick #4 and no red comb or wattles has me hoping that we have a girl. This one was supposed to be a Cuckoo Marans but the rose comb has me convinced this is a Dominique- a breed the breeder I got the chicks from had in the same bin.
Chick #4 is pretty much confirmed his rooness. The reddening in the comb and wattles appearing, also the difference in coloring from Chick #3 has me convinced. Same breed story as #3, a Cuckoo Marans that most probably is a Dominique.
![](https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5683309/width/350/height/700)
Chick #1
![](https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5683324/width/350/height/700)
![](https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5683322/width/350/height/700)
Chick #1
![](https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5683333/width/350/height/700)
![](https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5683328/width/350/height/700)
Chick #1 and #2 (darker chick)
![](https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5683336/width/350/height/700)
![](https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5683342/width/350/height/700)
Chick #3
![](https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5683339/width/350/height/700)
Chick # 4
Chick #1 I am hoping is a pullet. The lack of tail development has me concerned. She has very little comb and no wattles. She was supposed to be a English Blue Orpington.
Chick # 2 Has had great tail and feathering, pretty sure it's a pullet. Darker than Chick #1, she was supposed to be an English Blue Laced Orpington.
Chick #3 Has me baffled. Late tail and feathering at the start, but now is feathered nicely. Darker than Chick #4 and no red comb or wattles has me hoping that we have a girl. This one was supposed to be a Cuckoo Marans but the rose comb has me convinced this is a Dominique- a breed the breeder I got the chicks from had in the same bin.
Chick #4 is pretty much confirmed his rooness. The reddening in the comb and wattles appearing, also the difference in coloring from Chick #3 has me convinced. Same breed story as #3, a Cuckoo Marans that most probably is a Dominique.
Chick #1
Chick #1
Chick #1 and #2 (darker chick)
Chick #3
Chick # 4