Dominique Roo x BO Hen Mixes?

[ANightPerson]

I've got a litter of 15 little mutts from my chickens this year. My cock is a beautiful (and HUGE!) Dominique, so I figured that all of the chicks would just be barred. Some are black barred, some are blue barred, and the two BO chicks are just strange. They're only two weeks old and haven't grown their feathers yet, so I'm just a little curious as to what they could look like. I've seen pictures of incredible Dominique hen x BO roos, but no BO Hen x Dom roo mixes. Does anyone have any? Will post pictures of the chicks in the morning.

 

[JadeFarms]

Cool, I might tell if I see em.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

I'd think black barred is result. Maybe some buff leakage.

 

[nicalandia]

I've got a litter of 15 little mutts from my chickens this year. My cock is a beautiful (and HUGE!) Dominique, so I figured that all of the chicks would just be barred. Some are black barred, some are blue barred, and the two BO chicks are just strange. .

Pics would be nice, Self Buffs birds are carriers of Blue/Splash so blue barred is not out of the question for such a cross

 

[ANightPerson]

I'd think black barred is result. Maybe some buff leakage.

Believe me, they don't look black barred at all. Out of the eggs, they came out tan with grey markings.

 

[ANightPerson]

Pics would be nice, Self Buffs birds are carriers of Blue/Splash so blue barred is not out of the question for such a cross

They're not blue or black barred. They're sort of tan and grey.

 

[ANightPerson]

Here they are! For contrast, here are my black/blue barred chicks.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

I'm surprised by the fluff color too but the feathers are coming in black and white barred as you'd think.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

They'll probably grow up to look similar to the chickens on the first post of this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-in-first-post-before-adding-content.629715/.

 

[nicalandia]

They're not blue or black barred. They're sort of tan and grey.

Very Interesting chicks, I believe they are Heterozygous Dun I^D/i+, self buff can hide many diluters some of this diluters affect both gold and black colors.