Who’s the daddy 😂Bielfelder/Light Brahma gender?

[homesteadmama24]

This is my first year having roosters and hatched an egg. It has feathered feet & barred pattern so I *think* it’s the Bielfelder & Light Brahma as that’s the only feathered hen I have & only barred rooster

I thought this chick was a hen but now there’s a black sheen in addition to barred pattern which also has some brown.

Can feathered feet be recessive? I also have a black rooster that’s an Easter egger.

Any thoughts on parentage or gender would be appreciated! Two potential roosters for dads. I do have barred female if feathered feet is recessive.. Also photo of when it was younger

 

[Holdthechicken]

Thank you for solving this mystery! Definitely looking like cuckoo hen x black EE

Would that make the chick sex linked? And because of the red in the barring it's male correct?

Your chick is definitely male. And yes these two would make sex linked chicks. I love reading mystery chicken solve chicken mysteries

 

[homesteadmama24]

Black EE is most likely the father(The chick's beard). Silver Columbian is dominant, so the chick would be Columbian also, with barring visible in the tail, or maybe neck feathers.

The chick isn't Columbian, so Light Brahma is most likely not a parent.

Do you have Barred hens?

I do have a barred female that could be the hen, and maybe the black EE would be the rooster. Just wondering then why the feathered feet? Unless the black EE rooster was carrying recessive barred and feathered feet genes.

The chick is fully barred (even the feathered feet) and brown made me think it was the Bielfelder rooster but seeing the black that's developing and I thought cheek muffs then perhaps it's the black EE rooster x barred rock hen

 

[MysteryChicken]

I do have a barred female that could be the hen, and maybe the black EE would be the rooster. Just wondering then why the feathered feet? Unless the black EE rooster was carrying recessive barred and feathered feet genes.

The chick is fully barred (even the feathered feet) and brown made me think it was the Bielfelder rooster but seeing the black that's developing and I thought cheek muffs then perhaps it's the black EE rooster x barred rock hen

Barring is Dominant. There's no recessive barring gene.

A Barred hen would produce sexlinked Offspring, Males being barred, & females solid(None Barred), when she's bred to a solid rooster.


Pictures of both parents legs please?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Barring is something I have most experience in.

 

[homesteadmama24]

Thank you for solving this mystery! Definitely looking like cuckoo hen x black EE

Would that make the chick sex linked? And because of the red in the barring it's male correct?

 

[homesteadmama24]

Your Brahma isn't pure, or isn't pure for coloring.

Oh that’s good to know! I’ve been looking at hatching some other colours as these gals are 6 years old now

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you for solving this mystery! Definitely looking like cuckoo hen x black EE

Would that make the chick sex linked? And because of the red in the barring it's male correct?

You're welcome.
Yep, the chick is a sex link. Barring means male in this case.

Most likely, red in the shoulders are usually a good indicator. But this being a sexlink the color doesn't matter much.

 

[homesteadmama24]

Also we did end up with a Bielfelder Brahma chick so sharing so others can see the mix

 

[homesteadmama24]

That's a cockerel.

The new owner is saying pullet. Its 4.5 months old she sent a video but I can’t upload only screenshot