10 week old chicks, hen or roo?

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PeachygirlGA

PeachygirlGA

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May 25, 2012
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Fort Valley, GA
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These 2 chicks were hatched by one of my hens the end of July. I think they are both hens, but the white one is more aggressive and will stand up tall like a roo sometimes so I'm questioning. The mother of the white one is a columbian wyandotte and the father is a buff orpington. The mother of the reddish one I'm not sure of.
 
Buff Orpington male over Colombian Wyandotte hen will give sex linked offspring. Females gold, males silver. Your bird is silver, so it's a cockerel. If indeed those are the correct parents.
 
I have several black ones, not sure of breed, and several that are a mix of buff and reds. I also have some easter eggers, but it was not their egg. The egg came from either the blacks or the wyandotte or possibly a very light red, silimar to the other one in the picture.
 
I don't think any of those birds should throw a white chick. Do you have a pic of your Wyandotte? and what type of comb does the white bird have? If the Wyandotte is the mother, it should have a rose comb.

You might PM username Kev and see if he has some good input, he's well versed in color genetics.
 

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