I'd love some ideas on what this chick is because I'm so confused!
I seperated my hen, Spices, a Buff Sussex and penned her with one of my Buff Sussex roosters. I don't have an exact date but it was sometime between 6th and 15th of August. On the 27th of Sept I set three eggs from her.
I thought that was plenty of time for her to produce pure Sussex after potentially running with my Barnevelder boys.
Then hatched the chick in question.
Things that further my confusion.
I have recently bred 6 sussex X barnevelder (buff/Gold colour) and none of them feathered in like this.
I may have set the wrong egg but Spices has a fairly distinct pink egg. The only other hens that were in and out of that pen was another buff sussex and a frizzled sussex cross (Silver coloured, bearded and crested).
My current theory is if I set the wrong egg it was the frizzle's.
Anyone got a clue? Or am I just crazy over complicating it and I just have a funky chick down Buff Sussex??
I seperated my hen, Spices, a Buff Sussex and penned her with one of my Buff Sussex roosters. I don't have an exact date but it was sometime between 6th and 15th of August. On the 27th of Sept I set three eggs from her.
I thought that was plenty of time for her to produce pure Sussex after potentially running with my Barnevelder boys.
Then hatched the chick in question.
Things that further my confusion.
I have recently bred 6 sussex X barnevelder (buff/Gold colour) and none of them feathered in like this.
I may have set the wrong egg but Spices has a fairly distinct pink egg. The only other hens that were in and out of that pen was another buff sussex and a frizzled sussex cross (Silver coloured, bearded and crested).
My current theory is if I set the wrong egg it was the frizzle's.
Anyone got a clue? Or am I just crazy over complicating it and I just have a funky chick down Buff Sussex??