Hatchlings are now 2.5 weeks old

[MamaBelle5]

I know it's too early to determine gender (but if you're leaning one way or another, please let me know). Posting with their names and their suspected parentage.

Hook (dad EE, mom RIR)


Oreo (dad EE, mom barred rock)



Camilla (dad barred rock, mom amberlink)



Emma (possible EE both or dad EE, mom barred rock, not 100% sure on this one)



Marley (dad EE, mom RIR)



Thumper (dad EE, mom RIR)



Last but not least, my favorite and the one I picked out of our hatchlings, Waddle (both EE parents)

 

[Acre4Me]

I think too young. The BR mix is showing some male signs, but my sexed BR (not mixed) females continue to look a bit suspicious to me bc of some early -but not fast- comb development and slight color. Sure, one could be Mis-sexed, but I hope not all are mis-sexed!

overall bc they are mixes, I think you need to wait until closer to 8 weeks for much better confidence.

 

[MamaBelle5]

I think too young. The BR mix is showing some male signs, but my sexed BR (not mixed) females continue to look a bit suspicious to me bc of some early -but not fast- comb development and slight color. Sure, one could be Mis-sexed, but I hope not all are mis-sexed!

overall bc they are mixes, I think you need to wait until closer to 8 weeks for much better confidence.

Oh yeah, I know it's definitely too early to tell for sure. I more so wanted to share my adorable babies! Of course, if someone was leaning a certain way, that I was interested in knowing too! Thank you!

 

[NatJ]

Oreo (dad EE, mom barred rock)

I do not think a Barred Rock is the mother of this chick.

A Barred Rock mother should produce chicks with lots of black (like Barred Rock chicks, or like Black Sexlink chicks.)

 

[MamaBelle5]

I do not think a Barred Rock is the mother of this chick.

A Barred Rock mother should produce chicks with lots of black (like Barred Rock chicks, or like Black Sexlink chicks.)

She has to be. I labeled the eggs, she is the only one who lays that color (I've only got one barred rock hen). When she hatched, she was still attached to her shell. The yellow one I'm not sure about, she and another black one I had hatched over night and were crawling around each other. So my barred rock's other chick could have been given away, but I'm not 100% sure on that. Oreo I am.

 

[NatJ]

She has to be. I labeled the eggs, she is the only one who lays that color (I've only got one barred rock hen). When she hatched, she was still attached to her shell. The yellow one I'm not sure about, she and another black one I had hatched over night and were crawling around each other. So my barred rock's other chick could have been given away, but I'm not 100% sure on that. Oreo I am.

Then I'm quite puzzled, because the chick "should" not be that color.
You're sure the hen is a pure Barred Rock, and not a mix of some kind?

Just when I think I know how some of the genes work, another exception pops up!

 

[MamaBelle5]

Then I'm quite puzzled, because the chick "should" not be that color.
You're sure the hen is a pure Barred Rock, and not a mix of some kind?

Just when I think I know how some of the genes work, another exception pops up!

Oh I definitely don't know that she's pure. I got her from a local feed store, but I don't know who supplies their chicks. Let me see if I have a picture of Chickaletta.

 

[MamaBelle5]

This is from a couple of months ago, but here's Chickaletta (I'd get more pictures but it's pouring right now)

 

[NatJ]

Oh I definitely don't know that she's pure. I got her from a local feed store, but I don't know who supplies their chicks. Let me see if I have a picture of Chickaletta.

Then that chick has me thoroughly puzzled.
Feed stores may not have "good" purebreds, but the ones that look like Barred Rock hens would usually breed true for the black part of the coloring!

If you are positive that Chickaletta is the mother of Oreo, then Oreo is probably female. A son of Chickaletta would have white barring in the feathers, which I don't see on Oreo. And Oreo appears to have green feet, which also should not happen on a son of Chickaletta. (Sex-linked genes for barring, and light vs. blue/green in feet. A hen passes her traits to her sons but not her daughters, so the daughters only get what their father had.) Of course I could be wrong again, but I suppose we'll find out in a few weeks

 

[MamaBelle5]

Then that chick has me thoroughly puzzled.
Feed stores may not have "good" purebreds, but the ones that look like Barred Rock hens would usually breed true for the black part of the coloring!

If you are positive that Chickaletta is the mother of Oreo, then Oreo is probably female. A son of Chickaletta would have white barring in the feathers, which I don't see on Oreo. And Oreo appears to have green feet, which also should not happen on a son of Chickaletta. (Sex-linked genes for barring, and light vs. blue/green in feet. A hen passes her traits to her sons but not her daughters, so the daughters only get what their father had.) Of course I could be wrong again, but I suppose we'll find out in a few weeks

Thank you! I will definitely update in a couple of weeks! This was our first hatching and we were pleasantly surprised how successful it was!