Just for fun: what am I!?

[Australorpfamily]

First photo from last Monday 12-18-23, I e been sick all week so it's been chaotic lol

Second / third from yesterday 12-23-23

 

[Australorpfamily]

Just for fun, I did see another post/pic on BYC of a Black Australorp Roo with a Buff Orpington hen and they had a white chick just like ours! As well as one black one too. So... it'll be fun to see what we've got! I've noticed a couple more prominent and darker combs already, soooo yeah lol I'm just hoping the black runt is a hen so we can keep her. I had to help her on hatch day and I'm glad I did. She's the cutest!

 

[labelo]

Your yellow chicks with the light black markings look very much like some silver laced wyandotte (roo) x buff orpington (hen) chicks that friends hatched. I'm not a genetics expert, but if I understand correctly, the silver/white base on the SLW is what's creating the light colored chicks, and the black coloring is incomplete lacing inherited from dad.

Your guess of BA/SLW on the darker chick is probably right, though it will be interesting to see how its color develops over time!

 

[Australorpfamily]

I'd say we have a couple roos... And two pullets yay! Lol

 

[Australorpfamily]

4weeks old today

 

[Wyorp Rock]

They look great!

You have a couple of little fellers in there. I especially like the little brownish colored one.

How do like my color and genetics speak? "Brownish" is about the best I can do

 

[Australorpfamily]

They look great!

You have a couple of little fellers in there. I especially like the little brownish colored one.

How do like my color and genetics speak? "Brownish" is about the best I can do

Lol brownish works, she looked like a black Australorp chick on hatch day with the exception of a brown face(even had pale bottom lol we raised two batches of BAs last year)

And yup, 4 roos and 2 pullets looks like in the works lol

 

[Australorpfamily]

Well, Mama has started to move them into the coop. I unplugged the door since she's right at it lol

 

[RedwoodCoastChick]

She's such a proud & happy-looking mama. How great that she gets to brood & raise these littles! It'll be fun to watch them grow & feather out, hope you'll keep us posted.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Well, Mama has started to move them into the coop. I unplugged the door since she's right at it lol

She's a good Mama!
They are all precious.