55 flowery hen 'recipe'?

[The Moonshiner]

As for the males it's hard to tell if they are S/s+(het silver) or s+/s+(gold), but those are their only options.
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You wouldn't think the 3 on the left are gold and one on the right is het silver?

 

[Gone fishing12]

55 flowery Roo x possible moms are; welsummer, Bielefelder or Welbar.

Welsummers are; (e+/e+, Mh/Mh, s+/-).
Bielefelder hens are ; (e+/e+, Mh/Mh, B/-, s+/-).
Welbar hens are; (e+/e+, Mh/Mh, B/-, s+/-).
My 55 flowery rooster is; (e+/e+, mo/mo, Bsd/Bsd or BO/BO, S/s+)

So these two hens are; (e+/e+, Mh/mh+, Bsd or BO/-, S/-).

 

[Gone fishing12]

You wouldn't think the 3 on the left are gold and one on the right is het silver?

I've raised some others and I couldn't tell until they were 8 weeks old or older.

 

[Gone fishing12]

You wouldn't think the 3 on the left are gold and one on the right is het silver?

And I had another one that was yellow like that and he is definitely s+/s+, I'm actually thinking the one with the white wings is het silver and the other three are gold. But I haven't raised enough to be certain about it.

 

[The Moonshiner]

What gave it away then?

 

[Gone fishing12]

55 flowery Roo x welbar hen. This little hen is gold.

 

[Gone fishing12]

What gave it away then?

I'm honestly just not sure of anything yet. So far I've only had one het silver male get to an older age. I'll get a picture of him real quick!

 

[Gone fishing12]

What gave it away then?

Het silver, he's almost five months old now.
I know his dad is my 55 flowery rooster. His possible mom's are; Bielefelder, or Welbar, or Welsummer

 

[The Moonshiner]

Silver is dominant to gold so het silver males would appear the same as silver. It's tough to tell a het silver male from a pure silver male for a while for me. The het silver ends up with the yellowish hue eventually but it takes awhile.
I'm not working with silver plus mahogany either though so not sure what Mh may cause to chick down.

 

[Gone fishing12]

Silver is dominant to gold so het silver males would appear the same as silver. It's tough to tell a het silver male from a pure silver male for a while for me. The het silver ends up with the yellowish hue eventually but it takes awhile.
I'm not working with silver plus mahogany either though so not sure what Mh may cause to chick down.

I can tell het silver from homo silver once they are grown usually. I actually run a chicken genetics group and teach people about genetics. I have also been breeding chickens for a long time.
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