TheFatBlueCat
Crowing
Hello wonderful people.
I've just had a 'white' chick hatch. Little fluffy fully creamy yellow down. Here's the thing. I didn't think this was possible. The mother is a lavender araucana (who is possibly not entirely purebred but I purchased her as purebred, our araucanas here in New Zealand are mostly like the British ones not at all like the US ones). The father is a 100% pure barred rock I hatched myself from a very reputable breeder. I expected all chicks to look like little black penguin barred rock types. Which all the other chicks are! I love surprises, but could anyone some shed light on what some genetic options are of what's happening here?
I thought the chick must have hatched from one of my white hen eggs but no, she has definitely hatched from the araucana egg as the brown eggs did not hatch.
I've just had a 'white' chick hatch. Little fluffy fully creamy yellow down. Here's the thing. I didn't think this was possible. The mother is a lavender araucana (who is possibly not entirely purebred but I purchased her as purebred, our araucanas here in New Zealand are mostly like the British ones not at all like the US ones). The father is a 100% pure barred rock I hatched myself from a very reputable breeder. I expected all chicks to look like little black penguin barred rock types. Which all the other chicks are! I love surprises, but could anyone some shed light on what some genetic options are of what's happening here?
I thought the chick must have hatched from one of my white hen eggs but no, she has definitely hatched from the araucana egg as the brown eggs did not hatch.