Breeds in Pepper...?

[MandaRae]

First glance I see Australorp. Very pretty!

 

[FuzzyCritters]

But the sire was a Buff Orp so the chicks could have straight combs from him.

Rose combs are dominant, so if she had two copies of the rose comb gene, all of her offspring would have rose combs. If one parent had a single comb, she would have one rose comb gene and one single comb gene. That single comb gene would make some of her chicks have single combs if the father had a single comb or carried single comb genes.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Blue X Blue produces 25% black, 25% splash, and 50% blue though.
I think she's definitely some kind of mix.

I know, I was just saying that black can come from blue x blue. I agree that it’s most likely she’s a (wyandotte) mix.

 

[FuzzyCritters]

Yep.
She had two sons (one single combed, one rose combed) and one daughter (single combed)

Then she is probably a mix of single comb and rose comb breeds.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

First glance I see Australorp. Very pretty!

She has a rose comb tho. And yellow skin.

 

[FuzzyCritters]

If you look up “blue wyandotte” you’ll find they’re commonly sold by hatcheries. Blue x blue produces 25% black chicks. I’ve seen multiple posts about blue and black wyandottes that people got from feed stores. The comb could easily be because she’s hatchery quality.

Hatchery wyandottes may have darker legs. However, depending on where she’s from, it’s probably more likely she’s a mixed breed.

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I have gotten a blue wyandotte from a feed store. Her legs are yellowish but very heavily tinted with blue.

 

[The Happster]

#1 Single combed cockerel. (My brother named him Wallace after a Fire Emblem character... )
#2 Pullet.
#3, #4 Rose combed cockerel.
#5 Better pic of Pepsi's comb.


The rose combed cockerel lived for about a year before being killed by his brother.
Single combed cockerel died shortly after by a fox.
Then not long after that I found the hen dead.

I was upset about them having such short lives. They were also the only offspring of my favourite rooster.

 

[MandaRae]

She has a rose comb tho. And yellow skin.

Yes but she said it's mixed so it could be Aust mix

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Yes but she said it's mixed so it could be Aust mix

Oh! I get it. I think that has been the agreed upon thing, that or Black Wyandotte. (The BBS thing)

 

[The Happster]

I would be excited if she had Wyandotte in her. Her body type isn't Wyandotte.
I wondered if she was a bantam at one point.

She laid eggs for one year and hasn't laid since. Her eggs were paper white. And paper thin.