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Nope, not working with them again.

Chicks! I definitely wouldn't have taken adult roosters 😂 We ate his brother's, but Helios was both gorgeous, and a darling with his hens, so he was the one we kept.

Thank you : ) I love them both, excellent builds and very pretty.

Back to being clueless then XD I never thought Freya was going to be such a mystery. Not very surprised about Helios, we got him from a local breeder who promised us one rooster and five hens, and gave us four roosters and two hens.

Ahh, thank you for pointing that mistake out, and for the condolences. He was my first rooster, and very beloved <3

@MysteryChicken Also, I nearly forgot. The woman who adopted Helios (Freya's father) sent me a picture of him: Not the best picture, but it is all I have, and sadly, he died before the picture was sent.

Yes! I actually chicken napped her, and one of her daughters for pictures, a few minutes ago. Her are her recent pictures: So, after Helios, we ended up with a barred cochin rooster, and from him we got two hens that have Freya's body shape, smaller size and some gold tint to their neck and...

I finally identified her babies! To recap, rooster was a barred cochin. She is smaller than her half-siblings, also rounder and softer. I will try and get some more pictures so you can compare her, but they aren't very cooperative :P

Could you send me pictures of the strangely colored ones? I'm quite curious : ) To clarify: Buff orpington hens and rooster too?

Yes, but it was in a mixed batch and I can't identify her babies yet : ) Not to a blue rooster though, he should be arriving in the mail tomorrow : )

Exactly! That is why I'm still so confused. So, still keeping the partial albinism in mind. Hopefully someone will come in who knows :P

So far our best theory comes from the kippenjungle crossbreeding site, which indicated that cream dilute can occur in the 3rd generation. Not 100% sure how, or where her head and neck coloring comes from though. It looks like a brahma rooster marking, and I am mystified.

That patch is actually over her gizzard, however I did find a little on her back that was more difficult to photograph. It was very difficult to see any of her skin, I will have to try again, maybe when she is molting 😂 I looked into sex-linked albino chickens as best I could, and it does look...

So, I was able to check out and work that site, and I am very interested in those cream dilutes that pop in the third generation :D That seems a very likely explanation for her coloring, even if I don't fully understand why it appears, nor does it explain her lovely bronze neck. Her neck and...

So, I did my best to check out her skin through that dense winter feathering, and the majority of it was a consistent pink, but with occasional darker sections. I'm not sure if they are pigment or bloodflow, but here is the best picture I was able to get: You will have to zoom in, but there...

Thank you for doing such a deep dive! I'm having trouble working the site myself, but perhaps I'll have better luck on a computer, and with a working mouse. Unfortunately, this was Helios' last batch, and he has been retired, next phase is a blue australorp rooster. When I figure out that...

3 older crosses, actually, it was an unplanned hatching 😂 I have had orpingtons for a long time, and I am positive that all my hens are orps. I'm sorry, but they are difficult to photograph, since they are free range across four acres. But, they have the classic combs, correct beak and leg...

I did say just below that, that he and his siblings were textbook examples of a buff brahma :)

@NatJ @Amer @MysteMysterychi Well, you all asked the same question, and my buff brahma was my only rooster, my hens were gotten as chicks and my neighbors have no roosters. I will try and get a look at her skintone tonight :) Helios, my buff brahma, was from a supposedly high quality...

For my little breeding project, I got buff orpington hens and a buff brahma rooster. The results are six beautiful, large and well laying hens with lightly feathered feet, deep gold coloring and thin columbian markings: And then there was Freya: Freya is about a pound lighter than her...