Please tell me I have a pretty pullet!

[MysteryChicken]

Not trying to disagree, just trying to understand, but from my understanding, if two straight comb chickens have off spring, there would be no other possible genotypes to express a different variety of comb, but if a pea comb and a single comb mated, if the pea comb had the recessive gene, they could either produce a single comb or a pea comb chicken.

Also from my understanding, if a chicken with a pea comb and chicken with a rose comb (the comb type of my rooster) have offspring, they could produce a walnut comb, a rose comb, or a pea comb. The three other chicks all had EE moms with pea combs, and the buff of course is a pea comb. So far all chicks have a pea comb except one, and it either has a walnut or a rose comb, but it's still too small to tell exactly.

Again, that's just been my understanding of things. Chicken genetics have been very confusing and I'm going off of my ancient knowledge of genes from high school...

Also your rooster (is he a roo?) is beautiful and the comb is so unique!!

Rose comb, pea comb, walnut combs are all dominate mutations of the recessive single comb genes.
It would make sense if one of the ancestors of your single combed breeds had a pea comb, or some other comb type that you don't see yourself.
For example, Red JungleFowl hybrid X Silkie produced a single combed bird.

She has are larger comb now, these are older pictures.

For example.
If I were to breed her to another single combed bird, I'd get like 35% single combs, 25% rose combs, 25% pea combs, & 15% walnut combs.

It's fine, I know what you mean.
Yep, he's a rooster, & that's my sister holding him.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Okay I have photos of all four babies, and I’m 80% sure that my barred baby is a girl because when it’s side by side one of the other two siblings with a pea comb, the sibling’s comb is huge in comparison. It’s also the only one with cheek muffs. The third sibling with a pea comb has a very small comb. The fourth either has a rose or a walnut comb. I also got pictures of the saddle feathers. All three white babies have either EE or Americauna parents.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Okay I have photos of all four babies, and I’m 80% sure that my barred baby is a girl because when it’s side by side one of the other two siblings with a pea comb, the sibling’s comb is huge in comparison. It’s also the only one with cheek muffs. The third sibling with a pea comb has a very small comb. The fourth either has a rose or a walnut comb. I also got pictures of the saddle feathers. All three white babies have either EE or Americauna parents.

The Barred one has modified pea comb, that's mostly flat like a single comb.

The other one you mentioned with a walnut comb is correct, but it's the smooth version referred to as a cushion comb. It's a modified walnut comb pretty much.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Update your Barred chick at 10-12 weeks so we can see what gender it is exactly?

 

[humblehillsfarm]

The Barred one has modified pea comb, that's mostly flat like a single comb.

The other one you mentioned with a walnut comb is correct, but it's the smooth version referred to as a cushion comb. It's a modified walnut comb pretty much.

So is the fourth one with the teeny comb a modified pea comb you think?

As for the walnut, the dad and his sister had a rose and they definitely didn’t look like this chick’s but it didn’t seem like a walnut either. So cushion comb makes more sense!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

I think she is a girl, and she is so cute!

 

[MysteryChicken]

So is the fourth one with the teeny comb a modified pea comb you think?

As for the walnut, the dad and his sister had a rose and they definitely didn’t look like this chick’s but it didn’t seem like a walnut either. So cushion comb makes more sense!

Yes, it's a modified pea comb, looks exactly what I see on my EE/Brahma crosses.

 

[Mylied]

I'm changing my vote to cockerel because of those pink wattles.

 

[Mylied]

I only see one pullet, the white one with yellow small comb.

 

[ShaliniW1985]

This lil mutt is about 8 weeks old. Her mom is a buff Brahma and her dad is a white mutt with black leakage, presumably carrying the barred gene. This chick is so sweet and also enormous compared to its half-siblings. I think it’s a she!

The last photo was when the chick was six weeks old, but I added it to show the feathered feet.

Beautiful little girl! She’s definitely part barred rock like you said, but could possibly be part Dominique depending on the comb type. (Layered or rose=Dominique, thin “normal comb”=more likely barred rock.