Are these hens penciled?

[Egg Snatcher]

Mom

Dad

 

[Egg Snatcher]

@sylviethecochin could you tell what the mom has in her?

 

[sylviethecochin]

@sylviethecochin could you tell what the mom has in her?

I think, looking at the size of your hand in the picture, that she's a bantam cross. Her feet are white, not yellow, so at least one of her parents was probably white-skinned (though egg-laying can affect foot colour.) Neither of her parents had blue shanks. Both of her parents likely had a single comb, and neither of them had white earlobes.

Given her colours, I suspect that her father was silver-based, and the mother was gold-based (Since she has browner leakage on her feathers, one of her parents was probably gold-based. And gold and silver are sexlinked, so if the cross was the other way 'round, she'd be fully red.) but I can't tell you much else.

Do you have any idea of the potential parents? Given what I can see of her, I could narrow down a list, but I do need somewhere to start.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

I think, looking at the size of your hand in the picture, that she's a bantam cross. Her feet are white, not yellow, so at least one of her parents was probably white-skinned (though egg-laying can affect foot colour.) Neither of her parents had blue shanks. Both of her parents likely had a single comb, and neither of them had white earlobes.

Given her colours, I suspect that her father was silver-based, and the mother was gold-based (Since she has browner leakage on her feathers, one of her parents was probably gold-based. And gold and silver are sexlinked, so if the cross was the other way 'round, she'd be fully red.) but I can't tell you much else.

Do you have any idea of the potential parents? Given what I can see of her, I could narrow down a list, but I do need somewhere to start.

A wish I new. She is one of my originals so I got her from a really nice old lady. I do think I have some of her sisters, but they're buff colored. She has also gave me a roo that looks just like her(white black tailed, no buff coloring) and a golden duckwind, and the girls all look the same.(that's all from the same paring) when I first got her she looked just like a white block tailed jap only her poster was like old English. This year she molted and got some buff color. She's 2 years old. I can get pic of her sons and possible sisters. Last year she had no buff coloring.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Forgot to mention, I have 2 of her other daughters, they are also golden duckwing.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

I found a pic of the mom before she molted, @sylviethecochin

The brown on her chest in the last pic is poop, not brown coloring. Sorry if I'm bothering you.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I found a pic of the mom before she molted, @sylviethecochin View attachment 2461456View attachment 2461457
The brown on her chest in the last pic is poop, not brown coloring. Sorry if I'm bothering you.

She’s definitely an old English game bantam mix, maybe mixed with booted bantam or cochin.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yeah, your birds aren't silver Pencilled/Partridge.
Here's an Orpington cross of mine that confirmed my Buff Orpingtons carries the partridge gene.

She's Buff Orpington/Barred Rock X RIR.

 

[Lovem all]

so pretty

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Is there a name for the color of these hens that you know of, @MysteryChicken?