Bring in the genetic experts!

[lilwanderer]

I have a broody hen which i gave 4 eggs, which those eggs either belong to a Cuckoo Maran hen (With legbar im guessing somewhere in the genes, as she lays green eggs), and a blr wyandotte rooster mixed hen ( She quite literally resembles a blue wyandotte )

This hen also lays green eggs like her mama.
Now for the second hen who the 4 eggs could potentially belong to, is an easter egger hen who I call Del.
Only picture I have of her atm, lmk if y'all would like a better one.

Now the rooster is most likely this fella, a what I think y'all call a silver gold split columbian or something like that- .

 

[lilwanderer]

Y'all have any idea? Been around since Saturday and no replies- Hmm..

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Y'all have any idea? Been around since Saturday and no replies- Hmm..

What's the question?

 

[lilwanderer]

What's the question?

What would the offspring look like? Just realized i didnt specifically ask that, thanks for pointing that out.

 

[SourRoses]

What would the offspring look like? Just realized i didnt specifically ask that, thanks for pointing that out.

Since you have a lot of different color genes going on there, it's going to be a surprise! (not an expert)

Will they hatch around Easter? You know we are having the big annual Easter hatchalong right now

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

I agree, they will be quite interesting! As the parents are all mixed breeds and colors, it’s difficult to predict what the babies will look like. When are they due to hatch?

 

[lilwanderer]

Since you have a lot of different color genes going on there, it's going to be a surprise! (not an expert)

Will they hatch around Easter? You know we are having the big annual Easter hatchalong right now

Yes! I'm in it already .

 

[lilwanderer]

I agree, they will be quite interesting! As the parents are all mixed breeds and colors, it’s difficult to predict what the babies will look like. When are they due to hatch?

They should hatch on April 8th.

 

[NatJ]

What would the offspring look like?

Chicks could hatch almost any shade of red, gold, yellow, white, gray, black, penguin-patterned, striped like chipmunks, etc.

When they grow up, some might have a lot of red/gold, or lot of silver. Either of those could have various amounts of black, and some have a chance of showing blue instead of black.

You could get chicks that show solid black or solid blue when they grow up, or they could have black or blue with various amounts of gold or silver leakage.

I would expect beards and pea combs on quite a few chicks, but you could get some clean faces, some single combs, and maybe even some rose combs.

I don't see any feathered feet on the parents, or crests on the heads, so I would not expect those traits in the chicks either.

If all parents have the normal number of toes, the chicks are likely to have that too.

Frizzle feathers should not happen, and Silkie feathers are very unlikely from those parents.

the rooster is most likely this fella

"Most likely" leaves some room for surprises, so if any chicks have unexpected traits, you should also look at all other possible roosters and cockerels that had access to the hens in the month before the eggs were laid.

 

[lilwanderer]

Chicks could hatch almost any shade of red, gold, yellow, white, gray, black, penguin-patterned, striped like chipmunks, etc.

When they grow up, some might have a lot of red/gold, or lot of silver. Either of those could have various amounts of black, and some have a chance of showing blue instead of black.

You could get chicks that show solid black or solid blue when they grow up, or they could have black or blue with various amounts of gold or silver leakage.

I would expect beards and pea combs on quite a few chicks, but you could get some clean faces, some single combs, and maybe even some rose combs.

I don't see any feathered feet on the parents, or crests on the heads, so I would not expect those traits in the chicks either.

If all parents have the normal number of toes, the chicks are likely to have that too.

Frizzle feathers should not happen, and Silkie feathers are very unlikely from those parents.


"Most likely" leaves some room for surprises, so if any chicks have unexpected traits, you should also look at all other possible roosters and cockerels that had access to the hens in the month before the eggs were laid.

@NatJ
The chicks have hatched!
What do you think?
chick #1

chick #2

chick #3

chick #4

You saw my post about the orpington, fixing to show those two chicks there as well, and if you think some of these ones belong to the 3 roosters i didnt mention, please do tell which one you think is the father.