Orpington Roo X Production Red Hen

[RoosterML]

First a little background on the parents. Rooster could be Black Orpington which is believed to carry the lavender gene or a Lavender Cuckoo Orpington. Hen is a production red. I noticed a black dot on the head of the chick. Does that have any indication to the sex? Also I was expecting an all black chick so very surprised to see the white color. Gotta love hatching cross chicks you just never know what you’ll get.

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

It looks like it has the lavender. It’s going to be one pretty “pullet”

 

[RoosterML]

It looks like it has the lavender. It’s going to be one pretty “pullet”

Are you positive on it being a pullet? Is the black dot in fact an indicator or sex?

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

I have absolutely no idea that’s why I put the emoji crossing the fingers

 

[RoosterML]

I have absolutely no idea that’s why I put the emoji crossing the fingers

No beer for you !!

 

[aart]

No beer for you !!

 

[The Moonshiner]

This chick has no sex link traits so gonna have to wait it out.
It looks to me to be one copy of dominate white. One copy usually won't cover all the black so they get little patches or specks showing through.
It also is not lavender.
When you say the hen is a production red are you sure it isn't a red sex link?
Reddish color with white in tail and maybe wing edges?

 

[RoosterML]

This chick has no sex link traits so gonna have to wait it out.
It looks to me to be one copy of dominate white. One copy usually won't cover all the black so they get little patches or specks showing through.
It also is not lavender.
When you say the hen is a production red are you sure it isn't a red sex link?
Reddish color with white in tail and maybe wing edges?

Thank you. I know it wouldn’t be lavender color for sure. But I am near certain that the chick not carries the Lavender gene. You are correct yes hen is a red sex link. To me that type is called by so many different names I just referred to them as production reds. So where is the white coming from? I have no idea.

 

[sourland]

Hatching crossbred chicks is just like opening a box of chocolates. Forrest Gump told me that.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Dominate white covers black and dilutes of black but doesn't do much to gold/red/buff etc.
Lots of red sex links carry dominate white. That's why they have the white in the tails instead of black like a RIR type used in most of them.
As you expected the chick would be black or mostly black but it also got one dominate white gene from its mother that covered most of the black.
I wouldn't be shocked if it also develops some reddish/buff leakage later on if it turns out to be a cockerel.