WTB Chicks Pullets or Roos

[hollandhens24]

I have 5 chicks that I have hatched out of my McMurray WTB rooster and WTB hen who... lays a white egg... more on that here. I am very curious to know if I have pullets or roos, and eager to see what color the pullets will lay come September to know what kind of color genetics I am working with. *#2 is a WTB x silkie

 

[JedJackson]

They're a little too young to tell yet, but I think #3 is going to be male due to the black breast feathers.

The coloring is mixed with these types of Easter eggers. They are basically a messy partridge color, some gold partridge and some silver partridge.

 

[TexasBlues]

The crest and your tinted eggs is a dead give away that they are not pure whiting true blues. Super cute chicks.

 

[hollandhens24]

The crest and your tinted eggs is a dead give away that they are not pure whiting true blues. Super cute chicks.

My little crested chick is out of my "WTB" rooster and silkie hen, so definitely not 100% WTB. They will be so much cuter when they move out of my laundry room and into the coop

 

[hollandhens24]

They're a little too young to tell yet, but I think #3 is going to be male due to the black breast feathers.

The coloring is mixed with these types of Easter eggers. They are basically a messy partridge color, some gold partridge and some silver partridge.

Thank you! I was thinking #3 and possibly #5. I am only now learning that WTB are "Easter Eggers" simply because I was under the impression that they were a breed that is true to the breed characteristics... only to find that my lovely little "WTB" hen lays a white egg. These chicks are a part of an experiment/ learning opportunity to see what kind of egg color genetics this hen has, as well as the WTB rooster I ordered with her.

 

[redinator]

My little crested chick is out of my "WTB" rooster and silkie hen, so definitely not 100% WTB. They will be so much cuter when they move out of my laundry room and into the coop

I know that feeling, mine were in my BR until they were 6 weeks since the outdoor temperatures kept dipping into the 40's at night until about two weeks ago.

 

[JedJackson]

Thank you! I was thinking #3 and possibly #5. I am only now learning that WTB are "Easter Eggers" simply because I was under the impression that they were a breed that is true to the breed characteristics... only to find that my lovely little "WTB" hen lays a white egg. These chicks are a part of an experiment/ learning opportunity to see what kind of egg color genetics this hen has, as well as the WTB rooster I ordered with her.

If the WTB father has blue color genetics then the chicks should, too. So there is hope.

 

[hollandhens24]

I know that feeling, mine were in my BR until they were 6 weeks since the outdoor temperatures kept dipping into the 40's at night until about two weeks ago.

That would be some crazy white noise to fall asleep to! It has reached mid 60's to 70's in the day and drops back into the 30's at night, so they are getting to roam like big chickens in the day and I gather them up in the evening to come back in the house.

 

[hollandhens24]

If the WTB father has blue color genetics then the chicks should, too. So there is hope.

I have been reading up on Prairie Bluebells being a cross between Leghorns and Araucanas which can result in white egg laying offspring and I am wondering if this is the recipe that McMurray has started using/ breeding with their "WTB," which could explain my white laying chicken. Not something I can confirm, just one of many possibilities!

 

[redinator]

That would be some crazy white noise to fall asleep to! It has reached mid 60's to 70's in the day and drops back into the 30's at night, so they are getting to roam like big chickens in the day and I gather them up in the evening to come back in the house.

I usually listen to music when I fall asleep so it really wasn't too bad, until one of the males started test crowing at 7am, lol. Their coop and run were set up two days later and they got evicted, lol.