Blue/Cochin Austrolorp cross....

[PuppyBantamCochin]

My broody hen hatched two chicks just over a week ago and one of them is feathering out as a splash.
How does this happen? The chick's mom is a Hatchery blue Cochin and dad is a Austrolorp.



Thank you,


F.V.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

Blue birds will feather out with white wing tips and have other white markings until they molt out of them in adolescence. You may just have a light blue.

Genetically speaking, it is impossible to get splash from a blue to black mating. You would expect roughly 1/2 blue and 1/2 black.

Any photos of this chick?

 

[michickenwrangler]

I was just thinking about a cross like this today. You'll have to post pics as the chicks get older.