Barred birds from non barred parents

[Kung_pao]

I recently hatched Marans from a breeder and I visited him and saw his birds. He had blue/ black and splash flocks. Good looking birds and pretty dang good looking eggs. I hatched blue black and splash chicks, no surprise there. One chick though looks odd, he appears to be blue barred. I don’t know chicken genetics well, but is this possible or did another breed accidentally get to this birds mother? His set up looked pretty good and he was very proud of his birds. I know he didn’t do it intentionally if something got mixed up.

 

[Amer]

I think that probably did happen.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I recently hatched Marans from a breeder and I visited him and saw his birds. He had blue/ black and splash flocks. Good looking birds and pretty dang good looking eggs. I hatched blue black and splash chicks, no surprise there. One chick though looks odd, he appears to be blue barred. I don’t know chicken genetics well, but is this possible or did another breed accidentally get to this birds mother? His set up looked pretty good and he was very proud of his birds. I know he didn’t do it intentionally if something got mixed up.

One parent, or both must be Barred. Barring can be hard to see on a Blue, or Splash chicken.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I see a black, or dark blue chick in the box with a white headspot.

 

[Kung_pao]

It’s possible, some of his blues and splash were pretty light. His set up was pretty secure like I said, but anyone can make a mistake.

 

[Kung_pao]

I see a black, or dark blue chick in the box with a white headspot.

They aren’t all the same breed. I hatched some other breeds, not from that breeder.

 

[TexasBlues]

Could it possibly be one of the WTB chicks? I hatched barred chicks and some blue.

 

[Kung_pao]

No, these were hatched separate and banded when they hatched.

 

[MysteryChicken]

They aren’t all the same breed. I hatched some other breeds, not from that breeder.

Oh, okay.