Mystery Rooster ????

[scratch'n'peck]

I'm killing time, so I looked up Silkie skin genetics and this thread has a photo of a Silkie cross with light skin:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ies-show-up-unexpectedly-in-silkie-mixes-pics

 

[CarolinaHen]

I copied this from one of the posts on that thread. Pretty interesting!



why did the OEG x Silkie hen cross didnt produced black skin pullets? well they could only iherit the Id gene from their OEG father thats whay..


id+ plus Fm is such a great combo that it can be use to create Sexlinks...

Cross ANY Silkie rooster to ANY, ANY hen with yellow/white shanks and you will produce visible Sexlinks, the pullets from that cross will produce Black skin pullets that you can see since hatch.. and males with yellow/white shanks..

I've done this (fibromelanotic rooster x white leghorn pullets) 100% Sexlinks

 

[muscovy ducks]

he looks like a rooster i think, is he a mix he is so pretty ,i have never seen such a chicken

 

[jtdoux]

[COLOR=333333]Hello, [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]I'm new to this site. Our family is beginning our flock and we are hoping someone can help us identify our newest rooster who is five months old. He is a beautiful, healthy, and curious looking guy. At first, we didn't care too much about breeds, but reading about the different rare breeds and pure breds on this site we got curious. [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Can anyone inform us? [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]

Here is update picture of my rooster close up of his head

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Okay so now we have figured out that a Silkie mother could have passed on the genetics for Mystery Rooster's crest and 5 toes. His other traits like the pea comb and plumage still look to me to be from Ameraucana or Easter Egger.

 

[CarolinaHen]

Okay so now we have figured out that a Silkie mother could have passed on the genetics for Mystery Rooster's crest and 5 toes. His other traits like the pea comb and plumage still look to me to be from Ameraucana or Easter Egger.

I agree! He could pass on all kinds of interesting traits to his offspring!

 

[muscovy ducks]

we have bantam silkie male that is crowing ,how old is this chicken?

 

[bantambury]

if he is not a full americuana, all I can think is that he is crossed with a crème legbar....

 

[bantambury]

we have bantam silkie male that is crowing ,how old is this chicken?

well, hard to tell. my chicks began crowing at 2 weeks of age this year! hahahah so I can tell you he is older than 2 weeks

LOL

 

[muscovy ducks]

wow