What color and pattern is this chick?

[Buns]

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Are you saying that the correct order of pronunciation is Pied Purple White Eye chick? Or that it is only a Pied Purple and not a Pied Purple White Eye? Thanks for your help and any explanation of how you determined this is greatly appreciated.

 

[deerman]

correct is, purple pied, myslf not sure about white eye.

The color is that red brown of a purple. peach and cameo are brown also.

The pattern is easy , because silver pied chick only have few spots of color on them.

If that is a male , the yellow area on his lower back will be white in his train,

 

[hvnsnt3388]

I know there is no definitive way to determine sex on a chick like the one the OP posted, but are there indications that we can look for that may give us a clue?? I talked to a long term breeder and he said MOST times the males will have thicker legs. Anything else we can look for? I have a 10 old chick that looks alot like that. It has one white wing and the other wing is 2 white, 2 brown, 2 white, etc....really cool looking patern. It also has what appears to be a smiley face on the back of its head!

 

[DMFarm]

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A purple chick will be a red brown like Burt said and if you look at the wings you can see the silver frosting on them that make it a purple pied white-eye. The parents of this chick is a purple silver pied male and the hen is a purple pied or a purple pied white-eye. As to tell the sex of the chick at this age you can't have to wait till it older.

 

[Buns]

Doug, You're the best! Thanks so much for pitching in and clarifying what the chick is. It is my favorite so far this year.

Thanks again!
~ Mary

 

[ColbyNTX]

Mary, I'm not to far from you if you need someone to give it to!

I can tell it's a purple pied but Doug would have to explain the white-eyed part.

 

[deerman]

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One thing ,if the hen had been a blue pied, then the chick would be a hen, purple is sex link color