Could this be?

[gunslinger33]

We are in the process of hatching a small batch. Yesterday we had two hatch.

1 is an obvious Bielefelder pullet

the other is the chick. Based off leg color and legs being clean we are assuming it’s a Bielefelder / Partridge Rock cross.

the hen is still sitting on 6 more eggs , so it’s very hard to figure out who the ehh came from. All my other roosters are Orps. So the legs should be pink. The PR is the only non Bielefelder in my Biel coop.

 

[gunslinger33]

I guess I should have asked the question a little differently. Would a Biel and a PR produce a chick this light with such a faint chipmunk stripe? I used the calculator for this combo but it wasn't much help.

 

[gunslinger33]

I'm still trying to figure this one out. This is the chick at almost 3 weeks. My initial thought was Bielefelder / Partridge Rock cross due to clean legs and color. I found some Brahma genetic charts which gave me an idea that the chick would be crele , which it looked crele for the first two weeks. Now the obvious problem is the comb. Both Biels and PR are single comb.

My head scratching is the dominant genes are adding up. The now apparent sire is one of my Orp roos (CC and IC) and the dam is SLW , DB or LB. My Biel has not come into contact with her. They are in separate coops. The is no neighborhood "gardener rooster" that could have partied with the girls.

None of these are adding up
Orp leg color is dominant
Brahma feathered legs are dominant

Could it be Orp roo and the leg color / skin color not pass on? My new guess is ICO/SLW.

 

[NatJ]

I wish I'd noticed this thread sooner.
That chick looks like quite a fun puzzle
You're definitely on the right track, checking which genes the parents have, and which ones the chick shows.

I think it's got a rose comb, although I suppose it might be walnut (rose + pea).

My head scratching is the dominant genes are adding up. The now apparent sire is one of my Orp roos (CC and IC) and the dam is SLW , DB or LB.

None of these are adding up
Orp leg color is dominant
Brahma feathered legs are dominant

Could it be Orp roo and the leg color / skin color not pass on? My new guess is ICO/SLW.

I'm having a bit of trouble with breed abbreviations.
SLW is Silver Laced Wyandotte
DB is Dark Brahma?
LB is Light Brahma?

What are CC and IC Orpington?

I'm leaning toward Wyandotte mother, for the comb.

So how many colors of Wyandotte, and what possible fathers could there be?

 

[Fluffy Hens]

That is a really beautiful chick. I love the color!

 

[gunslinger33]

Thanks for your opinions.

Being able to watch this chick develop the mother has to be SLW the father is either a Chocolate Cuckoo or Isabel Cuckoo Orpington.

Leg color has changed from yellow to white

I was hoping it would end up a pullet but looks like a cockerel to me. The chick will be 9 weeks on Wednesday.

 

[NatJ]

I'm guessing the father is the Isabel Cuckoo orpington.

If the father had been the Chocolate Cuckoo one, then I think the chick would have been black barred, rather than having the patterning it does have.

And Crele or Isabel (Lavender Crele) father + Silver Laced Wyandotte mother = sexlink chicks: silver sons, gold daughters. So it being a cockerel lines up nicely with that.

 

[gunslinger33]

NatJ thank you for your help

So what would the pullets look like? When you say gold then the pullets will start out more red?

 

[NatJ]

NatJ thank you for your help

So what would the pullets look like? When you say gold then the pullets will start out more red?

Yes, I would expect pullet chicks to start out more red, and to grow feathers in some shade of red or brown, with black markings like the cockerel has, plus white barring over it all.

 

[gunslinger33]

I won’t be able to keep him because I already have 3 Roos but I think he will end up very attractive when he is grown out.

I’ll have to keep him at least another month or so. He is with another chick that hatched with him. I won’t be able to move her over to the coop with the adults and being alone will be way too much stress