Ok I am astonished!!!

[Billyj]

Here is the situation. I have a sultan hen (all white) and a barnyard rooster (production red). I put 2 eggs in the incubator and they hatched last night. Here is the amazing (or at least verrrryyyy interesting part). 1 chick has all white down, white skin, and yellow feet and white beak. The other, All black. I mean solid black from head to toe. Down is black skin is black, and even the beak is black. I know they are mutts b/c they are from two different breeds, but how can 1 be all white, and the other all black. I am bum-confusele-dounded. Oh well just thought I would share. Thanks

 

[CrazyFowlFreak]

I don't know how that could happen, but it's cool that it did.
I hatched tow mutt eggs from my chickens. Dad is a RIR and one Mom is an Appenzeller Spitz and the other Mom is a Appenzeller Barthuhner. Both are dark chocolate color with milk chocolate points.

 

[eggsellent]

where are the pics!

 

[Billyj]

Pics will be up soon.

 

[Billyj]

Ok here is the "Family Tree"

MOM (White Sultan Bantam Hen)

Dad (Production Red)

Sorry No Pic of Him

Children

Baby #1

I think it is cute that his middle toe is white (hehe). His skin, down, and beak are all black with the exception of his middle toe.

Baby #2

She has white down, yellow beak, and yellow legs. I just think it is neat that they both came from the same parents!!!

Both from the same parents.

I am thinking of calling them Ebony and Ivory or Salt and Pepper Which one

I am hoping for a boy and girl.

 

[CelticMoon1]

I know it looks really weird, but genetically it's quite reasonable.

The mother is recessive white c/c and the father is split for recessive white C/c (that the bird is split for recessive white will not show in the bird, only offspring). With this pairing 50% of the offspring will be white and 50% black. It is funny though that you did get the statistics right with only 2 eggs

This calculator should hopefully provide the genetic info if you're interested, hope I did the linking right and it will bring you straight to that specific cross! You'll need to change recessive white in male from C/C to C/c, then push calculate crossing.

 

[CelticMoon1]

Oh and I vote Ebony and Ivory!

 

[stuckinthecity]

Ahh! Salt and Pepper!!! I love that!

 

[tinychicky]

i have an ebony and ivory! name them that!

 

[lemurchaser]

You should hatch some more and see what other colors come up!