house_hippo
Chirping
Hi all,
My first ever hatch has produced some unexpected (to me) chicks, and I was hoping that someone more knowledgeable could tell me what is going on here. I had anticipated a 50/50 white and black hatch, based on my rooster being a paint. I was clearly mistaken, and I think I had incorrectly identified one of my hens as silver. If anyone could identify the colours of the first two orange banded chicks, and the last blue banded chick, I would also appreciate that.
Thank you in advance!
Here are my hens:
My rooster (sorry for the blur)
And their chicks. Orange band are from the buff hen, blue bands are from the "silver" hen, and the two un-banded I'm not 100% sure of (but I suspect both are from the "silver" hen based on the shade of the eggs they hatched from)
My first ever hatch has produced some unexpected (to me) chicks, and I was hoping that someone more knowledgeable could tell me what is going on here. I had anticipated a 50/50 white and black hatch, based on my rooster being a paint. I was clearly mistaken, and I think I had incorrectly identified one of my hens as silver. If anyone could identify the colours of the first two orange banded chicks, and the last blue banded chick, I would also appreciate that.
Thank you in advance!

Here are my hens:
My rooster (sorry for the blur)
And their chicks. Orange band are from the buff hen, blue bands are from the "silver" hen, and the two un-banded I'm not 100% sure of (but I suspect both are from the "silver" hen based on the shade of the eggs they hatched from)