MYSTERY CHICK!!!

[dutchbunny83]

I just had my first hatch. A dozen eggs were Olive Eggers from one seller and the rest were a barnyard mystery pack by a second seller.
This little guy (hopefully girl!) is my favorite out of the bunch, I wanted some guesses on what it is!!!

Coloring: Head all white with little black spots
Body from the top looking down it's all black from the bottom looking up it's all white
Beak is flesh colored by the face, but the whole tip is black
Skin is also flesh colored
Lobes look flesh colored, but super small at this point

Comb: I can't see a comb at all yet. Definitely not a single comb.
Also the beak where the nostrils are is raised up. I don't know hard to explain, but it's not flat it's all raised.


Legs: Clean legs with the normal 4 toes.
Flesh colored legs, but dark up around the top. No color flushing down the front

The feathers on the top of the head are poofed up, so my guess would be there's some kind of Polish in it somewhere? It hatched from a white to off white colored egg that was standard size.




This one it's in the back middle:




slightly better look at beak:




The seller said some of her breeds which the offspring (hatching eggs) could be from are:
Hens: Mixes, Wyandottes, Polish, Cochins, Easter Eggers/ Olive Eggers, Welsummers, Marans, Turken
Roos: Mixes, Marans, Wesummers, Sumatra, Houdan, Americauna, Silkie


I'm thinking the mom could be a Polish? NO idea about the dad? I don't know she also has mixes, so who knows.

ANYONE WANT TO VENTURE A GUESS????

 

[ChickenPalz]

i think thats a polish chick.some of them have that coloring and congrats on your hach!

 

[popsicle]

White-crested Black Polish maybe.
Not a Houdan if it doesn't have 5 toes.

ETA: Ugh, I need more coffee

 

[dutchbunny83]

White-crested Black Polish maybe.
Not a Houdan if it doesn't have 5 toes.

ETA: Ugh, I need more coffee

Okay thanks
Possibly the dad is Houdan?
I don't know how that works when you cross breed if one has 5 toes and one has 4.
Or if one has the top hat or silkie gene and one doesn't?
Or if one parent has a single and the other has a pea comb?
I'll have to look into that to see if there's any info.

I'm thinking the mom was defintely a Polish since the egg was white, but I have no idea for the dad as Polish wasn't listed as a Roo. Maybe he was a Polish mix himself because I looked up White Crested Black Polish chicks and it does look exactly like the one I have.

THANKS!

 

[trsturself]

looks like the dad was the houdan. they have the crest and that coloring. polish usually have more of a vaulted head than this little one.
the beak must be from the mom though. can cross off the cochin since it has clean legs. no guess beyond that though

 

[dutchbunny83]

Thanks so much you guys have been very helpful!!!

 

[popsicle]

I'm fairly certain that 5 toes is dominant, so if Houdan were in the mix recently the chick would have 5 toes

 

[dutchbunny83]

Okay thanks.
I searched online for dominant and recessive traits and had no luck, so I started a thread in chicken genetics.
Hopefully an expert breeder or someone out there can let me know what they all are with genetic mashups like pea comb and single comb, 4 and 5 toes, bantam and a standard, silkie and a standard, etc...

 

[trsturself]

Genetics is interesting. I'm also curious if 5 toes is dominant. I know the feathered leg is.
Interesting!

 

[CarolinaHen]

I'd say Polish or Polish mix, but mostly I'd say that is the most adorable chick ever!!