just to follow-up, one was female (black) and the other male (brown/red). not sure if this is true for all bbr chicks.
now, i have another question: if a splash roo bred to a bbr hen, what would the offspring be?
thanks.
hey there deb!!
no, i don't. i guess i could try and take some tomorrow, but honestly i was hoping they could be color sexed. they look very different in color - well, obviously brown and black are different - lol.
so maybe i need to ask what a wheaten looks like. when i think of wheaten, i think of, like, a wheaten marans or something similar - - that wheaten color, right? but when you say bbr is wheaten, it confuses me. bbr doesn't look like a wheaten.
leg color does not identify a breed. there are several breeds with "incorrect" leg color (barred rocks, rhode island reds, and araucanas just to name three). indeed, "correct" leg color is something breeders of chickens are constantly working on, but it doesn't mean the chickens are of a...
so it's a tufted, or not, kind of thing - - if there's a tuft or two, offspring can have one or two, if there is not a tuft, offspring will have no tufts - - - -
i knew the comb on 3 was the way, and i suspected it was color on 4 which is why i asked. i saw a learning opportunity!
thanks, illa. as always, you're awesome.