Easter Egger club!

[jerryse]

Could a mix between a partridge Silkie and a black and white EE be sex linked?
I'm guessing not, but maybe?

If you are using a partridge silkie rooster over hens with the silver gene ( black and white ) then yes .

 

[lightchick]

Could a mix between a partridge Silkie and a black and white EE be sex linked?

I'm guessing not, but maybe?

If you are using a partridge silkie rooster over hens with the silver gene ( black and white ) then yes .

It's a black and white rooster with a partridge Silkie hen.

 

[jerryse]

It's a black and white rooster with a partridge Silkie hen.

Then probably not . The rooster may carry silver and gold . Which would not help . Even if he has 2 copies of silver the male chicks will carry silver and gold making them hard to tell from silver pullets .

 

[lightchick]

It's a black and white rooster with a partridge Silkie hen.

Then probably not . The rooster may carry silver and gold . Which would not help . Even if he has 2 copies of silver the male chicks will carry silver and gold making them hard to tell from silver pullets .

OK. Thanks so much for the info! I'm excited to find out what the chick will look like. It's due to hatch in a week.

 

[junebuggena]

I think sometimes pullets DO have a white spot but it's smaller and not quite as bold. But I'm no expert.

The white head spot indicates the presence of the barring gene. A female can only have a head spot if her father was barred. Barred hens can only pass their barring gene to their male offspring. This is why black sexlinks are sexable at hatch.

 

[lightchick]

Oh OK!

 

[Tamcowam74]

My black EE (half australorp). Unfortunately she pass away this summer.

Awe very sad, she was lovely. Here's a picture of my all black EE. She is still pretty young (I think about 18-23 weeks)

 

[preschoolmama]

I'm a first time chicken mama and I'm pretty sure Sophia on the left is an EE. No eggs yet, Shes 17weeks.

 

[chick rookie]

Got a stupid question for anyone....
hatched out some chicks a couple of weeks ago, one chick that is white I thought was a White Rock, is now getting puffy checks, she DID NOT have up until now. Is it possible for an EE to " grow into " the puffy checks, or do I have something weird going on with my chick? I thought EE all were born with the puffy??
If it is a EE that is great cause I am always trying to hatch EE's ( have the worst luck with them ) I can hatch all the other eggs fine, but EE give me fits!!

 

[Henthused]

Got a stupid question for anyone....
hatched out some chicks a couple of weeks ago, one chick that is white I thought was a White Rock, is now getting puffy checks, she DID NOT have up until now. Is it possible for an EE to " grow into " the puffy checks, or do I have something weird going on with my chick? I thought EE all were born with the puffy??
If it is a EE that is great cause I am always trying to hatch EE's ( have the worst luck with them ) I can hatch all the other eggs fine, but EE give me fits!!

Can you send us a picture? I have 2 EE's, at least I was told they are, that have no muffs, beards, etc.