My first bantam chicks!!!

[FoxySonia]

Can you show a closeup otf the golden Sebright's comb? I have 2 golden Sebright and 1 buff Sebright pullets.

 

[FoxySonia]

I have a blue splash Maran I named Bluebell, and a tiny golden neck d'Uccle named Popcorn. I also have 2 Splash Silkies that need names.

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

I’ll try to get pictures soon or tomorrow.

 

[NatJ]

I think my blue Cochin might be black. He still carries blue though, right.

He looks black to me.
And no, he does not carry blue. He can produce blue offspring only if he's bred to a blue or splash hen.

Two copies of the blue gene makes a splash chicken.
Two copies of not-blue makes a black chicken.
One copy of the blue gene, and one copy of not-blue, makes a blue chicken.

(The blue gene changes all black on the chicken to blue or splash. So it's the same gene that changes a black-laced chicken to a blue-laced one, or a normal Wheaten chicken to a Blue Wheaten, and so on. In this case, you have an all-black chicken that would have been all-blue or all-splash if he had one or two copies of the blue gene.)

 

[cfonts]

Oh my! Your chicks are adorable! I am loving the update photos of them! Looking forward to seeing how they look as they got older!

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

He looks black to me.
And no, he does not carry blue. He can produce blue offspring only if he's bred to a blue or splash hen.

Two copies of the blue gene makes a splash chicken.
Two copies of not-blue makes a black chicken.
One copy of the blue gene, and one copy of not-blue, makes a blue chicken.

(The blue gene changes all black on the chicken to blue or splash. So it's the same gene that changes a black-laced chicken to a blue-laced one, or a normal Wheaten chicken to a Blue Wheaten, and so on. In this case, you have an all-black chicken that would have been all-blue or all-splash if he had one or two copies of the blue gene.)

Thanks for the very detailed info! It’s very interesting.
I’ll try to get Sebright pictures tomorrow.

I’m thinking about attempting to breed silkied blue egg layers (silkies and a WTB) and polkies (polish and silkies) if one of my 3 silkies turns out to be a rooster. I’ll have to see though, because I’ll have to look into breeding pens to keep them in for 4ish weeks and all the time it would take in general. Seems fun though just as an experiment. I think my first hatch(es) that I might do next year might just be mixes and mutts to keep it simple (maybe a few bantam mixes and a few standard mixes).

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Yeah. And I think my blue Cochin might be black. He still carries blue though, right. Here a few updated pictures.

They just moved into their new temporary coop.

Bluebell (blue or black Cochin bantam)
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Popcorn (partridge silkie)
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Splash silkie (needs a cute name)

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Cricket (my standard welsummer that is living with the bantams)
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And of course… Donald Goose! (Who just got a goose harness yesterday)
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They are all so big now! Especially Donald

 

[NatJ]

I think my first hatch(es) that I might do next year might just be mixes and mutts to keep it simple (maybe a few bantam mixes and a few standard mixes).

If you cross the black Cochin to a splash, all chicks should be blue. If you cross the black to a blue, half the chicks should be blue and the other half black.

Mixes can be fun

 

[bantamsrmyfav]

I also had a blue cochin named Bluebell (passed April 6) and a buff silkie (passed in 2007 ) named Popcorn.