IvyBeans
Songster
My chicks are a bit over 3 weeks old, one is getting a wider comb than her sister and is having red patches show up on her shoulders, but she also has salmon colored chest feathers and some wing feathers are gray.
With the splotchy pattern, is this chick most likely a cockerel or do some pullets start splotchy and even out? Neither Easter egger feathered out as quickly as the orpingtons, but the dark black/brown feathering one does have more tail feathers.
Both Easter eggers have fairly thick legs, but the one I’m worried about is just a bigger chick. Also the most dominant, but in a flighty way not bold.
With the splotchy pattern, is this chick most likely a cockerel or do some pullets start splotchy and even out? Neither Easter egger feathered out as quickly as the orpingtons, but the dark black/brown feathering one does have more tail feathers.
Both Easter eggers have fairly thick legs, but the one I’m worried about is just a bigger chick. Also the most dominant, but in a flighty way not bold.