We have two roos in our flock with access to the hens.Got my notepad out and ready to learn something in this thread!
What are all the possible hens/Roos for parents? A roo can mate only once and produce offspring in a hen that can last up to about a month. So any Roos that had an ability to mate could be the dads.
what is the others breed?
Dominique
The Dominique was the father of the chick(s) with a headspot.
That doesn't explain the fact that the chicks have feathered legs. That's what makes it mind boggling to me.
What breeds are all the hens you have?
Most of our flock have quit laying, the ones that still do are the sexlinks and a brahma hen that our Dominique could got our brahma hen but I didn't think rooster semen could fertilized an egg of hers in less of a week. She's only blended in recently and if it was the Dominique he got her maybe 3-5 days maximum before I put the eggs in the incubator. I thought it took about a week for the fertilization process to occur with chicken eggs from conception to the point where the fertilized egg was laid. The other rooster in that flock is a brahma. The Easter Eggers and SLW rooster are in a different coop. If I'm too understand correctly, barred overtakes partridge pattern so I'd end up with barred chicks but no white head spot that would indicate a sexlink, correct??
Feathered legs is a dominant trait, so one parent has to have it, and the coloration has to match, too. A Dominique would produce all barred chicks regardless of gender. Unless you have another hen that you didn’t know was laying, I wouldn’t count out the Brahma as a possible mother.
I couldn't get a good shot of their leg feathers but this is what they look like and that's what made me wonder if the two are just weird and have the same spot or if they're sex linked because of the Dominique in that case.... they're very tame. The Easter egger chick won't let us near him for photos. They have yellowish bellies but I wasn't able to get a shot.
