Help making more EE's that look like this:

[RoosterRiot]

Hedwig here hatched out of an EE egg and is not quite laying on her own yet. Her feather pattern is completely different than any other bird I have (out of about 60) and I would like to hatch more that look like her.

The problem is I don't know who her parent are. I have a variety of EE colors but the only one that has no brown is Pepper:

Could the mother be one of the brown hens or would it have to be a black and white hen like Pepper?

As far as the father goes I suspect it is probably my only EE rooster but he also has some red/brown in him:

But I also have a white leghorn but Hedwig seems to be too thick bodied to be related to him.

The last part that is confusing me is her comb. She almost seems to have a rose comb (or maybe just a really under developed pea comb). I do have a BLRW and a GLE roo that might be the dad but I don't see any other indications of them being involved.

Any insight would be appreciated.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi.

I don't have any insight other then saying split up you mating birds so you know who is breeding who. And hatch some out. In other words, put you suspects into a pen and see what the offspring come out like.

But what I was really going to say is.... she is a cute girl. And I like being able to tell my birds apart, so that's nice as well.

Good luck with your adventures!

 

[RoosterRiot]

Thanks EggSighted. I've been pretty hands off with breeder pairing. I have some areas where I can isolate the suspected parents and see what we get.

I've tried to use a chicken gene calculator for this but EEs are such a mix already it's really hard to set it up right.

She is good looking isn't she?

 

[Aris]

Her comb looks like cross of pea and rose comb , also she seems to have some lacing at the chest ?
So my best guess is ee x wyandotte
Pretty girl you've got there

 

[donrae]

I think she has a Wyandotte parent. The rose comb and partial lacing point to that.

I got a kinda-similar color with a black sex link rooster over a slw hen...



As far as your hen, I'm not sure which one. I'd think Pepper is a good start, unless you have any other silver hens.

 

[RoosterRiot]

Is that what incomplete lacing looks like? If would have thought the red/brown from the Wyandotte would have expressed more as well but maybe that white came through as dominant.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I also actually was suspecting possible Wyandotte.

 

[RoosterRiot]

Pepper is the only silver EE I have. All the others are black/brown or wheaten.

The thicker body type does look more like a Wyandotte. Do you think the BLRW or GLW roo would be the more likely father? Does the silver express over the red/brown?

Someone in that pen (full of pullets) just laid a dark olive egg. I thought it was the BCM/EE but maybe it was Hedwig. If it's her the Wyandotte father makes sense.

 

[junebuggena]

Is that what incomplete lacing looks like? If would have thought the red/brown from the Wyandotte would have expressed more as well but maybe that white came through as dominant.

The silver base color of the rooster is dominant over red/gold base colors.

 

[RoosterRiot]

Do are, your hen looks like she has the exact same pattern. I hadn't seen incomplete lacing on a silver bird. I do have a brown hen with it though and now that you point it out the pattern looks the same.