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

[Minniechickmama]

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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!

I had a friend years ago that got a cow from down by Three Mile Island. She had the calf she was pregnant with when he bought her and the calf had 2 extra legs growing out of its shoulder. How close are you to that?

hmmmm

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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I agree Juliette! As I'm sure you saw, I think Magellan is the daddy, and a pullet from Jerry the mom.... I'm keeping my eyes open for a second one!

 

[juliette2009]

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I agree Juliette! As I'm sure you saw, I think Magellan is the daddy, and a pullet from Jerry the mom.... I'm keeping my eyes open for a second one!

If you get more of them, perhaps you could create a niche market???

 

[billfields]

Any update? I find this gynandromorph topic most interesting!

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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I need to take another photo. The two sides are looking more and more similar at the moment. Subtle differences. I expect another molt or two will happen before maturity, and the adult plumage will be different from the juvenile plumage. Seramas change about 3 times.

 

[tailfluff]

Es muy interesante! I read the other thread about the gyandromorphs so I would know what I'm looking at here. Fascinating! Please keep us updated.
I know it's really not the same, but I had a hen-rooster thingy once... His name was Filbert! He spent a lot of time in the nest box and I thought he was a hen for two years... Didn't submit to roosters or anything like that but he loved to hang out with Eggman all of the time. Anyway, he developed a saddle hackle, never crowed, never laid, had hen sized wattles and a very large rooster-like comb. Small spurs. He never developed sickles or lessers. He/she/it was a standard RIR.

I also had a 14 year old RIR hen who, after laying banty sized crinkly eggs more often than not in her old age, all of the sudden began to crow and she grew big spurs. It was a shame 'cause she was my best mama hen and most reliable layer. :\\ Weirdo birds!

 

[juliette2009]

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I need to take another photo. The two sides are looking more and more similar at the moment. Subtle differences. I expect another molt or two will happen before maturity, and the adult plumage will be different from the juvenile plumage. Seramas change about 3 times.

Yes, we need more photos!

 

[Mama Austranought]

Isn't mother nature amazing! The parent? birds are very pretty. Do these guys end up just being show birds or so they lay/crow? Both at once?

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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Well, if both sides are the same gender, they may well reproduce normally. For now my bird is looking more like a girl. No extreme comb or wattle growth. Time will tell!

 

[Redcatcher]

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Well, if both sides are the same gender, they may well reproduce normally. For now my bird is looking more like a girl. No extreme comb or wattle growth. Time will tell!

You definitely have a gynandromorph. Some lean towards one gender or another. If one ends up with a functioning testis or ovary, the hormones will suppress the sexual characteristic of the opposite sex/side. Mine is predominantly female, lays eggs and crows about 2-3 times a month. The crow sounds like a regular rooster. I would not be too concerned if the feathering is almost the same on both sides. It means very little in the world of gynandormorphs.

Oddly enough, I also hatched F1 silkied Americaunas but these were from eggs that I got from Julie, not my own. I have a photo somewhere of them all together.