I have a mystery chick!!

[thistlewick]

Okay ya'll

I bought some hatching eggs that were supposed to be Ameraucana;

Well, ya know, we're all here to learn and they were not blue eggs. I didn't think anything of it, you hear that 'sometimes' they can lay pale teal/green eggs.... but then I've come to learn LATER that really purebred Ameraucanas lay BLUE eggs only.

So anyway-

here are the egg colors this chick came from:

I'm not mad about it, these are gorgeous eggs but

WHAT could this possibly be? I've never had a chick with this coloring before:

There is no chipmunk, just a brown head and a darker brown body and that white throat/chest. She is supposed to come from an Ermine Roo and a Black Ameraucana hen -- but I think some eggs got mixed up.

I incubated 8, 7 hatched - 3 Ermine, 1 Black, two chipmunk and THIS

WHAT IS IT?!? hahah

 

[FarmerGirl101]

They will likely be Easter Eggers then which are just a mix to produce green eggs. Their adult feathers will likely be the best way to confirm/ID them but that is my thinking as of now.

 

[thistlewick]

They will likely be Easter Eggers then which are just a mix to produce green eggs. Their adult feathers will likely be the best way to confirm/ID them but that is my thinking as of now.

yeah I've got a ton of Easter Eggers and I breed them; from dozens of chicks I've never seen an Easter Egger with this coloring. They 100% come out chipmunk.

This to me is odd as heck, I guess I just have to wait and see

There is an odd chance it is a different breed -- I did have 8 Welsummer eggs in there as well -- maybe the lady I bought Welsummers from (they come out chipmunk, too) grabbed something else.

 

[Pigeony]

yeah I've got a ton of Easter Eggers and I breed them; from dozens of chicks I've never seen an Easter Egger with this coloring. They 100% come out chipmunk.

This to me is odd as heck, I guess I just have to wait and see

There is an odd chance it is a different breed -- I did have 8 Welsummer eggs in there as well -- maybe the lady I bought Welsummers from (they come out chipmunk, too) grabbed something else.

It might be an Easter Egger with a different breed mix than you're used to- Easter Eggers are any blue egger mix, there's quite a few breeds the blue egg genes can come from. It doesn't look bearded or fluffy-cheeked, but if it ends up not resembling any particular breed, I'd call it an Easter Egger.

 

[thistlewick]

It might be an Easter Egger with a different breed mix than you're used to- Easter Eggers are any blue egger mix, there's quite a few breeds the blue egg genes can come from. It doesn't look bearded or fluffy-cheeked, but if it ends up not resembling any particular breed, I'd call it an Easter Egger.

Does this chick coloring typically end up in any particular way?

I've had dozens of chicks of a variety of breeds and the only one even remotely close to this brown/red head and dark brown body with white chest was the Vorwerk (my Vorwerk didn't have a white chest though) -- and we know it ain't one of those.

 

[Anon112]

I have a chick that looks just like this one. It was the product of an Easter Egger hen and an Easter Egger rooster. Just really showing off the Welsummer side of that mix!

 

[Pigeony]

Does this chick coloring typically end up in any particular way?

I've had dozens of chicks of a variety of breeds and the only one even remotely close to this brown/red head and dark brown body with white chest was the Vorwerk (my Vorwerk didn't have a white chest though) -- and we know it ain't one of those.

Not sure if it ends up a particular way every time, but I often hatch out Alohas with this style of chick down. Based on the final colors of the hens I get that start with this coloring- might just signify future black and red notes in the feathers?

 

[thistlewick]

That is one cute chick and one gorgeous chicken you have!!

Well, it will be fun to watch it grow and see what happens!!

 

[Pigeony]

That is one cute chick and one gorgeous chicken you have!!

Well, it will be fun to watch it grow and see what happens!!

Unfortunately I no longer have her. She died about 6 weeks ago. Those pictures are old but she was only a year old. But I did hatch out a chick from the egg she laid on the day she died, and she's looking like a pullet so far, so her legacy lives on.