That's who I was suspecting as well. She is the largest of the group, and hung around the BCM a lot. Thanks for the help! Now I need to rotate Fox in with the hens.
I think these are all the EE hens I had laying at the time.
I also have this EE rooster. I think he was separated from the hens at the time but I he might have snuck one in there.
So he could indeed be the offspring of a BCM?
This cockerel came from the same batch and is colored exactly like the BCM. Both have larger body sizes than my EE roo.
This is Fox. He hatched from an EE egg. At the time, I was breeding a Black Copper Marans over the usual mix of EE's (brown, black, mixed, etc) to make OE's. All the pullets grew up entirely black. I assume the BCM is Fox's sire. Is it possible to get a red roo out of a BCM?
I don't know if a pure breed that looks like that.
With his pink skin, feathered feet, body shape, and blue diluted tail feathers, I'd say he had some blue Marans in him.
I'm not sure where is overall red color comes from.
I am under the impression that a pink comb (not a bright red) is an indicator that a hen is using nutrients to produce. I could be wrong.
That first hen you posted looks like a welsummer. Her egg would be darker though. I think the rock probably laid your egg.
Thats a good idea. I've got some of both I can try with. He does have one offspring but it's a rooster.
The bread over the splash bantam on the left which resulted in the pretty small guy on the right.
I bought this guy as a chick from a lady under the impression he was a blue Marans. After he feathered out I thought was just an oddly colored copper until I recently came across a picture of someone's Isbar rooster and saw that same light gold color. Is anyone able to tell what exactly he is?
That barring pattern looks more like a dominquer but the straight comb doesn't add up. It's hard to tell from this picture but I don't see any saddle feathers. Those are possibly pullets.
You can see the thin saddle feathers developing on this young Doniquer.
The will also feel lighter and have a flatter (less glossy) finish to them as they loose some color. Within that clutch you should be able to pick out the newer ones.
If you still think they're good just open them one at a time and take a good look at them before cooking. Usually the yolk will...
I think I only waited one week when I had them separated before. In retrospect I'm glad I did!
So here's the happy family:
Now that I see them together it makes sense. I'm going to leave the EE with GLW and the BLW in there and see if we can get more. Theoretically the EE/BLW should end up...
The only non-Wyandotte Rose combs I have is this splash/Cochin/bantam:
Could Hedwig be the EE rooster over a GLW? I was breeding the BLRW (splash) roo over some GLW's to make darker blues around the time Hedwig hatched. Perhaps he had mated one of them recent enough one of the chicks was his...