So is it just the dark feathers, or the breast feathers? I have 2 Wheatens, 4 weeks, 1 is very light like yours, the other appears to be getting blue, but both have salmon breast feathers. I meant to touch base with y'all a couple weeks ago, but got busy with chicks, garden, broody, blah blah, lolThis is my favorite part about the wheatens lol. Chicks are 6 weeks old, and already showing sexually dimorphic color- I’m like 90% sure this is a male-female pair. The boys start getting their dark blue/black feathers super quick, I’ve been thinking it to be a male-dominated clutch for a week or two, but this is the first chance I’ve gotten to photograph them, and took notice of the (probably a pullet) wheaten on the right.
The parents of these chicks were all accurately sexed by 6 weeks old as well, the point at which I’d checked in on their development as well, just by the fact the males were already mostly blue. View attachment 3789892