Boy/girl? Breed?

[Jaynerabbit1]

Hi all, this little 3 week old’s Mom is a Serama Bantam, I think the Dad is my Appenzeller Spitzhauben, due to the grey legs, but I also have a Serama bantam cockerel, a pekin bantam cockerel and a Cream Legbar. What do you think?
Also, do you think hen or cockerel?

 

[HuffleClaw]

Pullet

 

[Onslow's Hens]

Might be a Black Star - which would then be a pullet based on feather color. If you got it at a feed store - probably a black star. If it is, they are nice birds.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Hi all, this little 3 week old’s Mom is a Serama Bantam, I think the Dad is my Appenzeller Spitzhauben, due to the grey legs, but I also have a Serama bantam cockerel, a pekin bantam cockerel and a Cream Legbar. What do you think?
Also, do you think hen or cockerel?

What color varieties are the birds of each breed you have listed?

Might be a Black Star - which would then be a pullet based on feather color. If you got it at a feed store - probably a black star. If it is, they are nice birds.

OP discusses possible mixes/ parentage in their first post

 

[Jaynerabbit1]

What color varieties are the birds of each breed you have listed?


OP discusses possible mixes/ parentage in their first post

The serama bantam is red, gold and black, the Appenzeller is Silver Spangled, the Legbar is a Cream Legbar and the pekin bantam is red millefleur.
The Mom is buff, but she had a dark brown sister.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I don’t see a crest which rules out the Appenzeller Spitzhauben & the Legbar.
I’d guess the sire is the Serama cockerel.

 

[Jaynerabbit1]

I don’t see a crest which rules out the Appenzeller Spitzhauben & the Legbar.
I’d guess the sire is the Serama cockerel.

Really? So where on earth do those grey legs come from?!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I don’t see a crest which rules out the Appenzeller Spitzhauben & the Legbar.
I’d guess the sire is the Serama cockerel.

Those breeds don't actually develop their cresting until the head feathering comes in… which has not quite happened here yet. Partial crest that is further diluted by breeding to a non crested further muddies that. An example being the olive Eggers currently resulting from legbar/marans or legbar/welsummer, etc where not all offspring are crested

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Those breeds don't actually develop their cresting until the head feathering comes in… which has not quite happened here yet. Partial crest that is further diluted by breeding to a non crested further muddies that. An example being the olive Eggers currently resulting from legbar/marans or legbar/welsummer, etc where not all offspring are crested

Cresting is a dominant trait and will be carried over in a first generation cross of a crested breed (Silkie, Legbar, Polish, etc) to a non crested breed.

 

[pekin queen]

pullet