Hi from new zealand! Questions about gender/sex link/breeds

[cherrynberry]

hopefully now...

Cockerels would be barred, since the barring proves one of the parents is barred. Since the dad is a leghorn mix, the mom has to be barred then. Pictures of the mom? dad?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Wait, I know! Okay. So, the slow feathering white is a female who came from a blue egg. The black/white is a male who came from the brown, and the barred is a male who came form the blue.

 

[Dreamingeeyore]

The big feathered one with black and white is the leghorn/brown shaver mix. 5 weeks. The two smaller less feathered ones are both the barred/leghorn/eggy mess. LOL - and it has been hard to gender so far because the parents appear to have been quite a mix themselves.

I do now. If the mom was barred, the males would be barred, females would not. But the white chick is looking super suspicious, but since the dad is a leghorn mix, that could explain itself.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

The big feathered one with black and white is the leghorn/brown shaver mix. 5 weeks. The two smaller less feathered ones are both the barred/leghorn/eggy mess. LOL - and it has been hard to gender so far because the parents appear to have been quite a mix themselves.

That’s what I deduced. I’m guessing you have one girl.

Wait, I know! Okay. So, the slow feathering white is a female who came from a blue egg. The black/white is a male who came from the brown, and the barred is a male who came form the blue.

 

[cherrynberry]

The big feathered one with black and white is the leghorn/brown shaver mix. 5 weeks. The two smaller less feathered ones are both the barred/leghorn/eggy mess. LOL - and it has been hard to gender so far because the parents appear to have been quite a mix themselves.

oh!! That explains it! 2 cockerels for sure then.

 

[Dreamingeeyore]

Cockerels would be barred, since the barring proves one of the parents is barred. Since the dad is a leghorn mix, the mom has to be barred then. Pictures of the mom? dad?

 

[cherrynberry]

That EE is special! Definitely looks like a barred rock!

 

[Dreamingeeyore]

The Dad is the obvious handsome boy in the front, Mum is behind and the potential other Mum is the brown shaver in the back

 

[Dreamingeeyore]

That EE is special! Definitely looks like a barred rock!

I absolutely thought all barred rocks gave blue eggs - because she looks exactly like a BR. I only found out differently on this site, lol.

 

[cherrynberry]

The Dad is the obvious handsome boy in the front, Mum is behind and the potential other Mum is the brown shaver in the back

Boys

The dad does not look like a leghorn though.