Serama chimera? Gynandromorph? Color split in half...

[Cat Water]

PhillyPhlock, are you the one that hatched out the silkied ameraucanas? Is your property on a nuclear waste facility?

 

[RareBreedFancier]

So cute! So tiny too. Fascinating to watch this little one grow up.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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Well, I didn't originate the silkie feathered Ameraucanas, I just got some eggs and hatched them.

Maybe our Philadelphia drinking water is more contaminated than I thought!

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

Here's the weekly update. The chest feathers seem to be pretty much the same color, but they could end up being a similar but different shade. Though in the photos the chest feathering on the brown side does look markedly darker than on the light side.

This bird comes from two parents that are both carrying sex linked chocolate, I think. the brown tones are starting to show themselves now. I think next week will show some real progress.

 

[phasianidae]

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You mentioned the mother is carrying chocolate, you mean she is chocolate right? A female having the one available copy of chocolate will be visually chocolate. A male carrying one copy will not be visually chocolate.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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You mentioned the mother is carrying chocolate, you mean she is chocolate right? A female having the one available copy of chocolate will be visually chocolate. A male carrying one copy will not be visually chocolate.

My terminology was a bit off. She is chocolate, or was sold to me as chocolate, but is a patterned or laced chocolate. The rooster is also chocolate based, but has lots going on besides that. Maybe some sort of duckwing pattern? He's also frizzled, and carrying silkie feathered genes. However, I think one may be dun, as the inheritance doesn't seem to be working as it should.

That is, if this chick came from the pair I think it did. I don't mark every single egg I hatch, and this one came from an unmarked egg. But since the roo is my only frizzle, and I get lots of frizzled chicks in these colors, I'm pretty sure it came out of him. She's on a break right now, but when she starts laying again, I will mark their eggs. Of course, the chances of them producing another chick like this seem pretty small.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

Likely father

Likely mother

The are both brown based, be it chocolate or dun. I know the rooster looks like he has black on him, but in person, it's actually dark dark brown. Seramas are tricky little buggers.

This pair throws white, cream, brown, silkied, frizzle, and occasionally even chocolate chicks. I think... It's hard with 8 pens to keep everyone straight.

 

[phasianidae]

They are some unique chickens!

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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You are correct! Since Seramas aren't show by color, I've been less focused on breeding for a certain color. Even my black and blue birds throw "off" colored chicks. At the moment I'm hatching as many as I can to pick the few with best type to build my "line" on. I suppose whatever the dominant color there is will be the color I work with in the future.

If only I could get the split colored, possible gynandromorph to breed true! I hate to say that it will likely become a house chicken to ensure it's safety.

 

[Yay Chicks!]

So cool looking!