Goldie’s Adopt-An-Egg HAL

[All4Eggz]

And males with headspots, & females without headspots.

In this case, he would be a male?

 

[All4Eggz]

Are you picking the names this time or are we?

Y’all are!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Y’all are!

Hmm. Hopefully my baby makes it out okay... I'd like the name Murdoc (Mudz/Murdy for short).
If you don't like the name you can pick another one!

Best of luck!

 

[NatJ]

It came out of the vent on its own but it’s stuck on the wing now. I tugged lightly but the chick chirped loudly so I will leave it alone.

You might be able to use a pair of scissors and cut it close to the wing. I would not try to pull it off the vent.

 

[NatJ]

@MysteryChicken, I believe Delaware mixes are sex linked? I may be wrong. But I remember you said something about that.
I don’t have any delaware roosters do the mom was a delaware (for the white one). Looks like the Delaware has muffs which means the Cochin x EE roo is likely the father.

Well, since she has muffs, the father would be a black Cochin X EE.

Do you know for sure which chick came from which egg?

A Delaware mother can produce sexlinked chicks in several ways.
Because she is silver, she can produce silver/gold sexlinks when mated with a gold rooster (I have no idea if your black rooster carries the genes to produce such chicks, but if he does then females would be gold and males silver.)

Because a Delaware has white barring, she can produce barred/not-barred sexlinks when mated to any not-barred male. It sounds like your rooster is not-barred, so that would work.
For that kind of sexlinks, males have white barring and usually a white or yellow dot on top of their head when they hatch. Females do not have the white barring or the light headspot.

 

[All4Eggz]

Do you know for sure which chick came from which egg?

I’m almost certain. I know the black chick came from egg 10 for sure, and when I checked on them after that, two more were already hatched. The white one was wet so I knew it just hatched. There were 2 sets of egg shells and the set that was more wet was the set that hatched the chick most recently… if that makes sense. That’s what I think, at least.

 

[All4Eggz]

Do you know for sure which chick came from which egg?

A Delaware mother can produce sexlinked chicks in several ways.
Because she is silver, she can produce silver/gold sexlinks when mated with a gold rooster (I have no idea if your black rooster carries the genes to produce such chicks, but if he does then females would be gold and males silver.)

Because a Delaware has white barring, she can produce barred/not-barred sexlinks when mated to any not-barred male. It sounds like your rooster is not-barred, so that would work.
For that kind of sexlinks, males have white barring and usually a white or yellow dot on top of their head when they hatch. Females do not have the white barring or the light headspot.

My roo did have some very small gold markings in his hackle feathers. We don’t have him any more but he was still a possible father. He was not barred.

 

[MysteryChicken]

@MysteryChicken, is it possible to sex the chipmunk looking chick based on looks? I know (s)he’s a mix but would it be accurate at all?

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Once they get a little older I’ll be hoping you’re willing to wing sex them for me!

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The Three Fluffy Butts™

No, must be pure, for the auto sexing trait of chipmunk stripes to work.

 

[NatJ]

I’m almost certain. I know the black chick came from egg 10 for sure, and when I checked on them after that, two more were already hatched. The white one was wet so I knew it just hatched. There were 2 sets of egg shells and the set that was more wet was the set that hatched the chick most recently… if that makes sense. That’s what I think, at least.

Do you know which hen laid each of those eggs?

Because trying to guess mothers based on chick color ranges from difficult to impossible.

Purely based on chick color, all three of those chicks could have come from a Delaware mother, maybe even all from the same father!

 

[MysteryChicken]

In this case, he would be a male?

Get a good head picture, & post it. It's hard to tell from the originals.