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One more time

Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:59 pm
by Shnookie
I did one more hatch with some of my own eggs. For a lot of reasons I ended up with only 1 chick - a male of course. I have put him up for sale but had no interest. He's a from a Splash Ameraucana bred to a darker colored EO hen. He came from a 66 g egg so he's a good size already. I can see blue and gold in his feathers, and maybe some red. Today I noticed he has a muff.

The rooster is related to the Splash Ameraucana rooster that I had with quite a bit of brown in his wings. The father of this chick has a bit of light yellow in the wings.
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Re: One more time

Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 11:22 pm
by Jaye
How do you know it's a male already, just out of curiosity?

Re: One more time

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:51 am
by Shnookie
He is a non-barred to barred cross. Male chicks have a small white dot, or in his case a couple of white feathers, on the top of their heads when they are small. If you look closely at the picture you can see them.

Re: One more time

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:08 am
by Kbr42
Ha! Learned something! Thanks @Shnookie !

Re: One more time

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:05 am
by Shnookie
He's still here.
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Re: One more time

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 1:52 pm
by Shnookie
Here he is at 3 weeks. He's going to be big.
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