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  1. schambo

    Mystery yellow chick

    At least one is part silkie! I usually keep my silkies separate from my regular flock, but Peanut here has 9 toes (4 on one, 5 on the other), so it looks like Muffin has some ‘splaining to do. He’s a black silkie with quite a bit of reddish leakage, so the black must be covering something that...
  2. schambo

    Mystery yellow chick

    Splotches
  3. schambo

    Mystery yellow chick

    The chick is white (yellow), and has a few dark splotches on its back (can’t tell if blue or black)
  4. schambo

    Mystery yellow chick

    Yeah, must be the marans hiding a wheaten gene. Now 3/4 chicks hatched from that hen’s eggs are yellow, the other is grey.
  5. schambo

    Mystery yellow chick

    This is mom (for sure, she’s currently my only one who lays green eggs). Easter Eggers mix of unknown parentage. Possible father #1 (blue copper marans, rehomed about a month ago) Possible father #2 Lavender Orpington. Apparently I don’t actually have a recent photo of him - this is him as...
  6. schambo

    Mystery yellow chick

    Supposedly these two are full siblings! They definitely share a mother at least. I’m guessing the yellow one’s father must be the marans with some sneaky wheaten genes.
  7. schambo

    Mystery yellow chick

    Can anyone explain how this yellow baby came from a Lavender Orpington roo? Hen is an Easter Egger that appears wheaten coloured. My understanding is that lavender should act as black, and that would be dominant in this pairing. Slight chance that dad is a black silkie or a blue copper marans...
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