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Sold 2 of the wheaten Marans and that barred rock yesterday, down to the 9 grow outs (6 Isabel ameraucanas, 2 wheaten ameraucanas, and the wheaten Marans which is supposed to be a pullet)
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I will definitely be interested in whether those color differences have anything to do with which chicks are male or female. (I would not expect male/female differences like that, but I'm more interested in what really happens than in whether I am "right" or not.)I have a theory about the sex of these Isabel ameraucana chicks, so when they hatched a couple had yellow down and the rest were almost white, since they started feathering in, the lighter chicks feathers have stayed lighter (pullets?) the 2 that had yellow down appear to have lavender coming in (cockerels?). I'll update in a couple weeks when they are more feathered. This could be nothing, but it's quite interesting
I wouldn't expect it either with everything I've read on the color, but I also thought about it like Wheatens, since Isabel is lavender wheaten it would make "sense" that the cockerels would grow in darker breast feathers and the pullets would not. I'll keep you posted.I will definitely be interested in whether those color differences have anything to do with which chicks are male or female. (I would not expect male/female differences like that, but I'm more interested in what really happens than in whether I am "right" or not.)