Monday, May 13, 2013

Brain Teaser - Chicks look so different?

Can you explain this nest where the chicks look so different?


Updated photos May 23, 2013

 Stafford Fostered Chick
German Roller Chick


5 comments:

  1. Are they from diffrent nests...

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  2. Your on the right tract. Two chicks were fostered now what makes them look different?

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  3. Two chicks show light red color in their newly forming feathers, and the size indicates one of those chicks is either Border or Columbus, and the two chicks with the variegation are probably Staffords. The structure of the birds is already apparent. Different sizes and shapes.

    Nice to see

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  4. The yellow chick is a yellow ground bird in this case a German Roller. Mom, a German roller, had only one chick so I fostered these slightly younger red ground Stafford chicks to her. They are not being colorfed at the present as I did not want a red roller! Well it wouldn't be red, when a yellow ground bird is color fed with red dyes, it is a light peach at the most. You need red genes to color red.

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  5. your German Roller Chick is very beautiful

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