Genes that would make a chick have spots?

[Lady of McCamley]

Hadn't noticed the rose-comb there, @Lady of McCamley. It complicates things rather, as the chick is definitely Dominant White (those black spots), therefore if the Wyandotte is the father, the mother cannot be either Buckeye or RIR. @HarmonyFox, would you be so kind as to list the hens you have?

ETA: Just realised that the chick with the rose comb is not the one with the spots, therefore yes, that one is unlikely to be Dominant White. It appears to be gold based, however, which would not fit with a Silver father (unless he is hiding gold). If the father is Silver, all offspring will get one copy of Silver, which is dominant over gold. Female chicks only have one 'slot' for ground-colour, so are either Silver or Gold, whilst males have two, and can be both; 'fawn'.

True...but a lot of SL Wyandottes have some funk in the genetics with all the color combos that happen in them. I can believe some gold lurking in poppa.

I do agree that silver would be dominant over red...but the one chick in the one photo up close definitely appears to be rosecomb...which means the Wyandotte father.

In the second set of photos, the flash obscures the comb on the non-spotted, but it clearly shows above as rose comb.

The spotted in the second appears rose comb as well.

Wyandotte rooster with some hidden genetics?

 

[Sneebsey]

As we now know there is a single-combed SLW in the bunch, I would not be surprised if the Cockerel is hiding gold. @HarmonyFox if this is the case, you may see a yellowish wash to his hackle and sickle feathers in particular.