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Is there any treat they particularly like to eat? You might be able to put the treat inside the coop, stuff in any that didn't put themself in, and then close the door. If you do it a bit before sundown, they will have to settle for the night inside the coop, and will hopefully start to get used...

Olive Eggers can be rather variable in what genes they have for egg color. Your rooster may have no blue egg genes (all daughters will lay brown), or he might have 1 blue egg gene (half of daughters will lay brown, the other half will lay green) or he might have 2 blue egg genes (all daughters...

Based on the amount of white in the wing feathers, and the size of the headspots, I think #2 and #3 are males, and I suspect #1 may also be a male.

Sometimes the crest gene causes feathers to stick up like that, and other times it just happens without the crest gene. I was more noticing the feathers that puff just a little behind his comb, like they aren't laying down quite flat, but I couldn't decide whether that was caused by the crest...

It's not just the chest. He's got a lot of areas in his hackles and saddle feathers that are not blue either. If his coloring is typical for the breed, rather than being blue all over like Andalusians are, then other genes may be common in the breed. I think you are probably right that he is...

Many of the distinctive Silkie features are caused by dominant genes. 5th toe is caused by a dominant gene. Crest is caused by a dominant gene. Muff/beard is caused by a dominant gene. Rose comb is caused by a dominant gene. Pea comb is caused by a dominant gene. None of those gene are linked...

If you have access to a Partridge Silkie rooster, maybe breed the hens to him, then breed a son back to the original hens. Choose the chicks that grow up to look most like what you want. For later generations, either interbreed them with each other, or cross in another Silkie every now and then.

That would depend on how the rules are written in your area. Because Seramas are chickens, they would almost always be considered the same as any other chickens. The only exception I can think of, if you kept them in your house the way some people keep parrots or canaries, they might go under...

Bantams are small chickens. "Banties" is another word for bantams, and "bannies" would probably be another form. But bantams (small chickens) come in many different breeds, and the various breeds can also be crossed with each other to get many kinds of mixes. So the woman didn't really tell...

That looks like approximately a 50/50 split of ones with Extended Black and ones with some other gene. If all the mothers are Cream Legbar and Bielefelder, I see two possible explanations: 1, the black chicks have the Isbar father and the other chicks have a different father 2, the Isbar...

Two look like Gold Laced Wyandottes. The darkest one, sort of hiding under them, just looks black to me. So it might be something else. None of them are Brown Leghorns. "Longhorns" are a kind of cattle, not chickens. That looks like the kind of thing that happens with autocorrect or maybe...

Either of those, bred to a Gold Laced Wyandotte, might produce chicks that are colored something like the Rhode Island Red/Wyandotte mix I found in another thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-do-you-do-with-extra-eggs.1621100/#post-27806330 But they might have a lighter gold...

One thing about posting pictures: If you come back and update after you know for sure, that can help other people learn that a chicken who looks "like this" at this age is really a ______. Either it confirms that red comb does mean male, or it emphasizes that pullets can sometimes have combs...

At 14 weeks, pullets could be starting to get red combs & wattles as they get ready to start laying eggs. Or they could be late bloomers, and wait for several more months to do that. Or anytime in between. It is common for chickens of the same breed to develop at about the same rate as each...

Yes, those chicks will be chocolate mottled. Yes, chicks from that cross will look plain chocolate but carry the gene for mottling. I agree. All chicks will be chocolate. Sons will have white barring and daughters will not. All chicks will carry the gene for mottling.

It is just a coincidence that the sons got rose combs and the daughters got single combs. If you hatch more chicks from that pair, you will probably get some of each sex with the other comb type as well. In chickens and other birds, the mother determines which chick is male or female. Rose...

I don't know what to make of that speckled chest. I would expect a solid black chest on any of the ones I was thinking about (including the Red Jungle Fowl.) There is always the chance he could be an Easter Egger or Olive Egger, since there is no standard appearance for them, but I feel like he...

I don't think the amount of insulation is going to make much difference, since this is only the pop door and not a big area. I would just ignore that detail, and choose the one that makes sense in other ways (predators are probably the biggest issue, with rotting or rusting beng a lesser issue...

I can't see the comb. Is it a single comb? Just going by the color, I think he looks more like the Gold Phoenix: https://valleyhatchery.com/product/gold-duckwing-phoenix-chicks/ But if he actually is Black Breasted Red, assuming he is not a bantam, he could be the Junglefowl, but I think there...

What you expected is what I would also expect. Since the chicks do exist, there are only so many options: --either the father is not actually that rooster --or you are correct about the father, but he has some genes aren't what you expected Photos are always fun to see, and often help with...