breed and gender help

[CluckyCharms]

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2012/04/12/chickens-2012/

look at the third picture down on the page.

 

[mulelover1999]

She has blackish skin color and a poof on her head...that is why everyone is saying she is part silkie. Personally, I would tend to agree with them but maybe a better picture of her whole body would help determine for sure. How many toes does she have? Does she have feathered legs or clean legs? What color are her legs?

she has 4 toes clean legs and blackish green legs

 

[mulelover1999]

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2012/04/12/chickens-2012/

look at the third picture down on the page. 

Umm what am I supposed to be looking at?

 

[hdowden]

she has 4 toes clean legs and blackish green legs

sounds like a 2nd generation silkie mix mixed with an ee making her an ee

Umm what am I supposed to be looking at?

that site uses your birds head in that third pic or at least a bird that looks almost like yours

 

[mulelover1999]

Umm she has no Silkies traits other that her little poof

 

[mulelover1999]

I wasonly asking the breeds of the top two and genders of the bottom 4

 

[ve]

Dear Mulelover1999, you have very good breed and genetick knowledge for person who can not separate 4 mo old roo from pullet.

 

[mulelover1999]

What? I already new but just wanted to check because this is my first year in chickens and I am very young and have not had a lot of experience with cockerels and pullets

 

[ve]

I wish you good luck. Enjoy them.

 

[hdowden]

Umm she has no Silkies traits other that her little poof

genetics is a very complicated thing. again there does not have to be any silkies present for her to have silkie in her. you really need a somewhat understanding of genitics when it comes to chicken colors, breeds, traits, what genes are dominate and which genes are not.

these 2 are first generation silkie mixes

this is a 2nd generation silkie/d'uccle mix hince then feathered legs. i also have another 2nd generation silkie/oegb that does not have feathered legs and these 2nd generation mixes do not have 5 toes but they either do or do not have crest and they do have black skin and they do have beards