Comb questions

[NatJ]

I was looking through my old photos and found one of my gold spangled hen who passed away last year. She was fully golden except one single feather on her wing. It wasn’t visible unless she flapped it. I think it appeared after her molt. Is this a sign that her mom was maybe silver?

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I doubt it, but I don't see that it would make much difference either way. The gold/silver gene cannot be passed from a mother to her daughter.

I've seen black chickens have an occasional bit of white in their wing feathers. I would guess this is the same kind of thing, especially given the black in some of the nearby feathers.

 

[CashewVulture]

I doubt it, but I don't see that it would make much difference either way. The gold/silver gene cannot be passed from a mother to her daughter.

I've seen black chickens have an occasional bit of white in their wing feathers. I would guess this is the same kind of thing, especially given the black in some of the nearby feathers.

Oh yeah
I know now how silver and gold genes work. I just wondered how the white could’ve possibly gotten there.

But thanks for the answer

 

[Amer]

Sometimes birds just stop producing pigment in a feather. It could just be an error in that molt to be corrected in the next molt or it could be like going grey where more feathers also turn white later on. There does seem to be a genetic component, my line of quail d'Anvers is prone to having white feather tips sometimes.

 

[CashewVulture]

Can an Ayam Cemani x Ameraucana mix rooster carry the blue egg gene?

 

[Amer]

Can an Ayam Cemani x Ameraucana mix rooster carry the blue egg gene?

Supposing one of his parents is a pure Ameraucana he is guaranteed to have one copy of the blue gene. If it is an Ameraucana mix he may or may not have a copy of the blue egg gene.

 

[CashewVulture]

I have two Ayam Cemani crosses. I got them as week old chicks. They are supposed to have come from blue/green eggs. (I only know for sure that the seller had
Ameraucana hens) That would make the Cemani the father.

They are both 3 weeks old. I think the white one is Ameraucana x Cemani and the black one I have no idea.

What do you guys think? Also, I think they are both roosters. I raise multiple chicks every year and usually combs that increase in size at this age are male.

The white one always looked more female-like to me, except it is HUGE. Legs are very thick. Also bigger than the black one, who to me looks like a rooster. And in the past week, the comb increased in size.

Again, I’d like to know what you guys think!
Thanks!

 

[NatJ]

I have two Ayam Cemani crosses. I got them as week old chicks. They are supposed to have come from blue/green eggs. (I only know for sure that the seller had Ameraucana hens) That would make the Cemani the father.

They are both 3 weeks old. I think the white one is Ameraucana x Cemani and the black one I have no idea.

If the mothers are actually Ameraucana, I would expect each chick to have a pea comb and muff/beard.

But if the mothers are Ameraucana-mixes, then chicks might have pea or single combs, and they might have muff/beard or clean faces.

If the mothers are "Americanas" (Easter Eggers that are not purebred Ameraucanas but often resemble them in some respects), then chicks can have just about any traits or combination of traits.

Also, I think they are both roosters. I raise multiple chicks every year and usually combs that increase in size at this age are male.

I would say it is too early to tell for sure. But if the combs are obviously increasing in size, then I would also be suspecting male, and I would keep an eye on them for the next few weeks to see if that is confirmed by more comb growth and later by other male traits.