Comb questions

[NatJ]

Also my first 3 chicks (lemon hen x silver rooster who might be carrying lemon or not) appear silver (2 others haven’t hatched yet) and I was wondering if they could appear silver as chicks but later on develop the yellow hue (lemon)? Or if I can automatically disqualify them as being lemon?

I would assume that they are just silver? Meaning my roo would only be carrying silver or either just gave his silver side to these chicks and I was unlucky…

Asking because my lemon hen (who is the mom) had the gold appearance when she hatched (silver chicks hatch as grey, white, and black while gold/lemon chicks hatch as black with an orange face)

I don't know for sure, whether lemon can look like silver when the chicks are young.

But since your lemon hen did look gold when young, that might happen with her chicks as well. I just don't know for sure.

 

[NatJ]

Thanks for the information! @NatJ
I was just curious because at some point I might’ve incubated a pullet’s first egg. All chicks from that hatch survived and thrived so I was just trying to find out whether I had actually incubated a pullet’s first egg successfully or not.

Yes, you might have incubated a pullet's first egg and had a healthy chick hatch from it. It is definitely possible, just a little less likely with first eggs than with later eggs.

 

[CashewVulture]

I don't know for sure, whether lemon can look like silver when the chicks are young.

But since your lemon hen did look gold when young, that might happen with her chicks as well. I just don't know for sure.

Huh. I guess we’ll see!