Chicken "mutt" club!!!

[troyer]

Beautiful. Looks like my Blue Wheaten Ameraucana.

Sure does! Very pretty too.

 

[KrystalRose]

Well I have my first mutts incubating under a mama hen right now. Their dad is a Cuckoo Maran and the mamas are Buff Orpington, Black Australorp, Barred Rock, Partridge Colored Easter Egger, and Delaware. I know the chances of me having all barred rock looking chicks is very very high, but is there anyone out there with a barred dad who threw a different colored chick? Is there any hope for variety?

 

[PrairieChickens]

Well I have my first mutts incubating under a mama hen right now. Their dad is a Cuckoo Maran and the mamas are Buff Orpington, Black Australorp, Barred Rock, Partridge Colored Easter Egger, and Delaware. I know the chances of me having all barred rock looking chicks is very very high, but is there anyone out there with a barred dad who threw a different colored chick? Is there any hope for variety?

I'd figure most of your chicks will be barred (or cuckoo, depending on what you want to call it), but there is always the chance that some of the hens will have a color trait that is dominant over the barring. I had two BR roost (out of 12 roosters), and ended up with mostly barred rock chicks in many of my hatches. Now, with subsequent generations, I'm seeing more variety. I have also been seeing variations in the barring since the first generations--dustings of gold or splashes of white, bars of gray instead of black, or flecks of color among the black and white. They still look distinctly barred, but with unique little twists on the appearance. Have hope--you may see variety after all!

 

[KrystalRose]

Yay! If not I will love the fluffy butts all the same, but I love when I can tell them apart at least!

 

[KrystalRose]

Its official, I have my first mutt!!!! I just checked on mama, I heard some peeps, so I peeked under mama and saw an egg mostly zipped, about a half hour later I went to remove the shell and it was crawling all over under mom, definitely a strong chick. Dad is Cuckoo Maran, and mom is either Delaware, Barred Rock, Buff Orpington, or Black Australorp. But from the egg color I am guessing mom is an Australorp.

 

[familyfarm1]

Father (mutt)

Mother (bantam barred rock)


daughter of the first two.

 

[KrystalRose]

I just looked under mom again and saw a 2nd chick out and fluffed up. The first one looks like the cuckoo marans did but a little lighter grey and a little more white on the head, the 2nd chick has a grey body with a mostly white/yellow head, its mama must be a Delaware or buff Orpington. I figured they would all mostly look the same since the barred daddy gene is dominant but it seems I may get a small variety between them after all. YAY!!!!

I pulled yesterdays chick out next to the nest by the water and mom tried to show it how to drink, it watched very carefully but still needs practice. It was cute, almost like it didn't realize there was a world outside of the underbelly of mom, it almost didn't want to go back, then all of a sudden it dove under.

So cute!

 

[KrystalRose]

Any guesses on moms? Dad is Cuckoo Maran, moms could be Buff Orpington, Delaware, Barred Rock, or Black Australorp. None of my BR, BA, or CM babies were this light faced at this age. Makes me think maybe DW or BO is the moms of these two?

Chick 1


Chick 2 (similar body color as chick 1, although might be slightly lighter grey) Looks like a bald eagle! So cute!

 

[KennaFox]

They seem to pop some out like one of mine does. My others are Rhode Barr's but I've got a mystery rooster with chicks like that!

Americana x rode island red x mystery o.o

 

[KennaFox]