Odd bird: is this what SLW Roosters generally look like?

[Kelly V]

To Rodriguez Poultry: Yes, I'm in Ohio...do you want a funny looking rooster?? He does have a double-lacing on some of his feathers, with white outside what should be the black edge. I should take a picture of one of his lost feathers, they're cool.

All the Wyandottes at the farm are silver laced. His mom is either a Buckeye or a SLW...however, I suppose his DAD could be a Minorca...they're flighty enough that one might have made it into the SLW pen one day for a little romance.

Since SLWs are from a cross of Barred Rock and Cochin, I'm wondering if some recessive gene from one of those varieties has made a comeback in this here chicken.

 

[stephanie1992]

it looks like it has silkie feathers on it

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Actually Kelly, I don't know why I'm drawn to this bird! How far are you from PA? What city? I don't know why I like him so much but I can see some fun projects going on!

 

[Kelly V]

I'm in Delaware, right in the middle of Ohio. I'd like to find him a new home eventually, since roosters are probably frowned on in the city, but I may wait until spring to move him. I'm thinking I need him to help keep the two hens warm this winter, then I'll get a couple more chicks in the spring and hope for the best. You know, of the six chicks I had this spring, all six turned out to be boys! I traded the last two for the two hens I have, so they're not as friendly as Penny, who is used to being touched and held.

Penny also has all these fluffy fine feathers hanging down behind his wings, down around his legs like a fringe. He is very fluffy! He just seems like a chick to me, although he's 5 1/2 months old.

 

[Gypsy07]

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Just what I was thinking too... Maybe some kind of random mutation a la Jubaby's Silkied Ameraucanas?

 

[Kelly V]

here's my chicken

 

[Mr. Ree]

It looks like a pure SLW to me with some sort of nutrition problem or some sort of thing. It isnt impossible for this bird to be pure bred and have some kind of auto-immune something something making its feathers and growth rate be very much affected. Could also be a result of to much inbreeding in this particular line as well.


~Casey

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Any updated pics?

 

[Pele]

Mr. Ree :

It looks like a pure SLW to me with some sort of nutrition problem or some sort of thing. It isnt impossible for this bird to be pure bred and have some kind of auto-immune something something making its feathers and growth rate be very much affected. Could also be a result of to much inbreeding in this particular line as well.


~Casey

That's actually what I was thinking as well. It's entirely possible that this bird has a genetic mutation that wasn't quite lethal, but did affect the growth of the feathers and his body.​

 

[Kelly V]

Update on my rooster "Penny":

Apparently the breeder that provided the chicks last year (which would have included Penny's parents) were not completely honest about their breeds. Some of the chicks looked like pure SLWs but were actually part Partridge Cochin. The cochin traits were hidden in that generation, but came back in Penny's generation, producing a few fluffy, mostly white, chickens.

Needless to say, the farm I got Penny from is no longer going to order their chicks from that place. (Being a historical farm, it is important to them to have accurate animal breeds for the time period, not odd crossbreeds.)

AND...my two hens laid their first eggs today!! One medium brown egg with white speckles from Gertrude (slw) and one tiny white egg from Rosie (minorca). Yay!!