Hello! and welcome to the OEGB thread.

Are those white fluffy feathers in front of the tail on the rooster?

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Can you re-post the photos of the Birds? You may have a wheaton rooster... I have never seen a BB chick with that little color but it looks suprisingly like a Wheaton x BB.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/61794_cimg1266.jpg
These are my trio. The egg the chick hatched from was from one of these hens.

Doesn't appear to be a mixed rooster since there is no hackle fade however if teh trend continues you might want to isolate the hens to determine if it is a hen or the rooster producing that. Or it could be that the egg was fertilized by a different rooster.

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It does appear to be some tail fluff, however if he is molting his saddle it will appear that way.

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No, just bad lighting. He doesn't have any white on him at all.

i think ivywoods was talking about the fluff on the base of the tail
were the tail starts
it looks white but its the fluff

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/61794_cimg1266.jpg
These are my trio. The egg the chick hatched from was from one of these hens.

Doesn't appear to be a mixed rooster since there is no hackle fade however if teh trend continues you might want to isolate the hens to determine if it is a hen or the rooster producing that. Or it could be that the egg was fertilized by a different rooster.

That is what I am thinking(and hoping)--that the hen that laid the egg had been with another rooster before I got her. This egg was laid the evening I brought the birds home. I have 2 more eggs in the incubator that were just laid this past week from her( at least the same hen has the redest comb)so I guess I will see if they hatch anything different. I was told one hen had been housed with him and one younger hen I got had been housed in a hen pen without a rooster.

So you are telling me my first hatched is probably a mutt?

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Yes, I think the light just caught it wrong there the way he is standing.

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Doesn't appear to be a mixed rooster since there is no hackle fade however if teh trend continues you might want to isolate the hens to determine if it is a hen or the rooster producing that. Or it could be that the egg was fertilized by a different rooster.

That is what I am thinking(and hoping)--that the hen that laid the egg had been with another rooster before I got her. This egg was laid the evening I brought the birds home. I have 2 more eggs in the incubator that were just laid this past week from her( at least the same hen has the redest comb)so I guess I will see if they hatch anything different. I was told one hen had been housed with him and one younger hen I got had been housed in a hen pen without a rooster.

So you are telling me my first hatched is probably a mutt?

Most likely will look like a BB red when mature however may not breed properly when grown. Any eggs gathered for a eriod of 14 days could still be from the previous rooster. So your next hatch may be affected as well.

In the event anyone is interested I am going to let 1 trio of Opal and 1 Trio of Birchen OE go for 75 a trio + shipping if needed. either local pick up or shipped which ever works better. Both trios are well proven breeders.

Birchen:


Opal:

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That is what I am thinking(and hoping)--that the hen that laid the egg had been with another rooster before I got her. This egg was laid the evening I brought the birds home. I have 2 more eggs in the incubator that were just laid this past week from her( at least the same hen has the redest comb)so I guess I will see if they hatch anything different. I was told one hen had been housed with him and one younger hen I got had been housed in a hen pen without a rooster.

So you are telling me my first hatched is probably a mutt?

Most likely will look like a BB red when mature however may not breed properly when grown. Any eggs gathered for a eriod of 14 days could still be from the previous rooster. So your next hatch may be affected as well.

This morning the wing feathers are developing a little more and they look blue--would that be an indication of a blue wheaten?