Gorgeous Chicken! How?!

[The Moonshiner]

Couldn’t the buff switch the colors of the silver? I had a white laced Brahma (Girl) mate with a solid orange rooster. She never had any children and she was 3 years old. When she turned 4 years old, last year. She had her first child. Now, their child is solid orange with her lacing.

Nope. Silver/gold is sex linked so females only carry one gene for it and it comes from their father.
So a silver based rooster will produce silver based females no matter what the hen is.

 

[janiedoe]

The most wonderful thing about cross bred chickens in my humble opinion, is that you rarely get two alike. Good luck though, I hope you can get a similar looking hen.

 

[MasterOfAllChickens111]

That is so true. I hatched out 4 chicks from a Buff Cochin and a OEGB/Wyandotte Bantam (Blue).
1st Child- Very light blue with barred.
2nd Child- Solid Blue with orange neck feathers.
3rd Child- Black with barred
4th Child - Solid Black.

The Girl is the only one with feathered feet that is full.
I’m excited to see what they will produce.

 

[The Moonshiner]

So you breed a buff bird to a blue bird neither being barred but hatched two barred chicks?

 

[MasterOfAllChickens111]

The mother had barred in her. It was very light. So, you would have to really look at her to see it. The black cane from the grandmother.