Kimi BK
Songster
Hey y'all,
We are looking for some help figuring out our Silver-Laced Wyandottes. I believe most are male. It looks to us like #5 and #6 in the attached photo are clearly female, and #3, #4, and #7 are clearly male?
#1 has a smaller comb and wattle (sorry, my husband's shirt makes it hard to see, since the wattle is right at his pocket flap) so we are holding out hope it might be a girl...?
#2 is a weirdo with that comb. Is it a Wyandotte? We ordered 25 chicks and one little grey one arrived dead. As chicks we thought we IDed them all, and figured that one of the easter eggers died. Now that this comb came in we are wondering if this one might be an easter egger, and it was a Wyandotte that died? The easter eggers are 3 different colors/patterns so none of them look alike. But they do have grey/green feet, and this one has yellow feet.
Also, our Wyandottes all look a bit varied in patterning. I wonder if they just aren't the truest-bred batch of chicks? Or maybe they are maturing at different rates? Or is there a male-female difference in their coloring at this age?
How old are they when their adult (silver-laced) feathering comes in?
Thanks in advance for any insight! It's also really helpful if you can say how you can tell / what you are looking for to distinguish, so we can improve our eye & understanding.
Kimi
We are looking for some help figuring out our Silver-Laced Wyandottes. I believe most are male. It looks to us like #5 and #6 in the attached photo are clearly female, and #3, #4, and #7 are clearly male?
#1 has a smaller comb and wattle (sorry, my husband's shirt makes it hard to see, since the wattle is right at his pocket flap) so we are holding out hope it might be a girl...?
#2 is a weirdo with that comb. Is it a Wyandotte? We ordered 25 chicks and one little grey one arrived dead. As chicks we thought we IDed them all, and figured that one of the easter eggers died. Now that this comb came in we are wondering if this one might be an easter egger, and it was a Wyandotte that died? The easter eggers are 3 different colors/patterns so none of them look alike. But they do have grey/green feet, and this one has yellow feet.
Also, our Wyandottes all look a bit varied in patterning. I wonder if they just aren't the truest-bred batch of chicks? Or maybe they are maturing at different rates? Or is there a male-female difference in their coloring at this age?
How old are they when their adult (silver-laced) feathering comes in?
Thanks in advance for any insight! It's also really helpful if you can say how you can tell / what you are looking for to distinguish, so we can improve our eye & understanding.
Kimi
