I am new here and started to discuss this. This is an update of my experiment cross with photo. It is a pullet that I hand sexed the egg. Previously discussed and will prove beyound a doubt you can sex eggs by shape. It will be in a seperate post as I have photos and a lengthy explanation. So...
my barred rock rooster and his harem included 2 white silkies. This was spring and had to keep them penned in their yard til I repaired my garden fence that a spring bear squashed. Now they are happy foragers for 12 hours a day!
the little black one lower right is the white silkie/ barred rock cross. I can tell because it is half the size as barred rocks hatched in the batch and it has black legsfeet like mother silkie hen. It has a tiny tuf of white on head. The other 8 chicks are purebred barred rocks, all 9 eggs...
I have a white silkie hen and only a barred rock rooster, she hatched 8 barred rock eggs and one of her own eggs. chicks are mostly black, the little chick I assume is the silkie barred rock cross as it is much smaller as was the egg. At first glance it is all black. Hoping it is a hen as I used...