I know what it is, do you?

[Cowgirl71]

He looks JUST like some of the Buff Orpington x Barred Rock roosters I hatched last year.

The mom obviously has barring (*thinks of all of the possible breeds with barring*). Barred Rock... Delaware... Cuckoo Maran... Barred Holland... California Grey... Barred Old English Game... White Rock...

Definitely a rooster, BTW.

 

[cutlass1972]

swing and a miss. Do you all want me to tell you?

 

[Urban Chaos]

 

[Cowgirl71]

Sure... Please tell us.

 

[NGT ANGL]

ameracauna or easter egger mother???

 

[cutlass1972]

White leghorn!

I am not sure why he came out black and barred. He came out of the only white egg in the entire brood, and I watched him come out of the egg.

 

[Cowgirl71]

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Well, she's obviously hiding barring! (which I think is possible in White Leghorns)

Are you sure she's not a California White (California Grey x White Leghorn)? Has she ever had any black speckles when she was a chick and/or adult?

 

[ChickiKat]

so what is up with the crooked toes??

 

[cutlass1972]

His mother is an ideal hatchery 236 white leghorn. she was pure yellow when she was a fluf ball, her first feathers had some specking in them. As an adult she has one black feather on the underside of her wing, otherwise pure white. As far as the crooked toes, I believe it is genetic. I got a group of 15 Delawares and 15 alstralorps as my first foray into chicken raising, about half of the Delawares had crooked toes and none of the alstralorps did at all.

here is the mother when she was about 3-4 weeks old.

 

[KristenG]

Well - at least I got the fact that one of the parents was white and the other one was not black

Cool - I love posts like these!