White X Light Brown

[tiki244]

I had my bantam leghorns running together and decided to hatch a few eggs. There was one of eac lt brown and white roos and 2 white hens and 3 white pullets. All were laying.

I hatched 4 chicks and they were all white. Now at 2 weeks there are 3 that are getting some patches of light brown on them and one that has a bit of black on the wing. One is pure white and is smaller than the others. It kinda seems like the colored ones might be boys brecause they are all bigger. Could they be sexlinks?

 

[tiki244]

Just wondering if anybody around here today has any input? thanks

 

[MoodyChicken]

Leghorns are dominant white. When crossed with colored birds, the chicks will be white with patches of color. It's not sexlinked, but their size could mean that they are roos.

 

[tiki244]

Thanks,,,hopefully they will get more color when they get older. Their kinda cute all patchy like that

 

[MoodyChicken]

I have a Leghorn like that. She's predominantly colored, but she's gotten whiter over the years. She's 9 and started off with just a few white feathers here and there... now her head, neck, tail, and half her wing and completely white. She's really pretty.