So this happened today....

[ButteCA]

Second glance at the picture and I’ve changed my mind. He knew they were roosters.

 

[ButteCA]

Yeah I have never seen a purebred in person and these had all the look and I’m still learning and was worried about expanding my flock before the two roosters I already had got bad. The fourth Wilkie mix is a roo too so that makes five Roos and 3 hens i have to do something.

You have five roosters?! I would pick my favorite take the extra four to the flea market and ask a fair price for them and try to make back a little bit of the cost.

 

[BreanneRN]

Learn to look at the hackle and saddle feathers, they are usually in by 4 months, they are longer, pointier, and more ribbon like than in the hens.

 

[ButteCA]

I have the opposite problem. Way too many hens and they are all jerks to each other.

 

[Hippiechickens76]

You have five roosters?! I would pick my favorite take the extra four to the flea market and ask a fair price for them and try to make back a little bit of the cost.

Yeah two of the sexed birds I bought from tractor supply were supposed to be Amberlink pullets and one turned out to be an Amberlink Roo and the other one looks like a white Jersey Giant Roo. He has grey legs

 

[Hippiechickens76]

You have five roosters?! I would pick my favorite take the extra four to the flea market and ask a fair price for them and try to make back a little bit of the cost.

Yeah two of the sexed birds I bought from tractor supply were supposed to be Amberlink pullets and one turned out to be an Amberlink Roo and the other one looks like a white Jersey Giant Roo. He has grey legs

 

[Sneebsey]

@BreanneRN I doubt they would be from Spitzhauben stock, as Spitz don't have Dominant white; their white and black pattern is caused by Silver based Spangling. It's more likely that these chicks have Leghorn blood, as they have Dominant White, or RSL, as they can. The California White mentioned above could be the source of the Dominant White, also. They also appear to have the sex-linked id gene, which suppresses skin pigment (causing white skin); this explains why the two cockerels are white-skinned and the pullet is dark.

 

[BreanneRN]

@BreanneRN I doubt they would be from Spitzhauben stock, as Spitz don't have Dominant white; their white and black pattern is caused by Silver based Spangling. It's more likely that these chicks have Leghorn blood, as they have Dominant White, or RSL, as they can. The California White mentioned above could be the source of the Dominant White, also. They also appear to have the sex-linked id gene, which suppresses skin pigment (causing white skin); this explains why the two cockerels are white-skinned and the pullet is dark.

Thanks for the information, that one is definitely a mix that makes me curious... Clearly, you have more tools and knowledge to solve it than I do... Did find this ad from a place called Whispering Oaks that is selling blue, white, and paint silkies that "lay blue eggs" in California... Perhaps some of her stock wound up in that little hen... Hard to know, but breeding her might give more information. It was her face that looks kind of Spitzhauben to me, but that could be entirely coincidental. Per your previous information, the paint color could have come from multiple sources. But her skin is very, very dark, usually the silkie mixes don't retain that for long?

 

[Hippiechickens76]

They do have 5 toes. I do remember him saying he had them with bantams so there it’s probable bantam could be floating around in there somewhere. Said he hatched his own eggs. Now that I think about it I remember seeing what looked like leghorns there too. Fun stuff y’all. I went back to the flea market yesterday evening but it was way hot and everyone had packed up early. I don’t ex left much gonna go back today and see if he will make it right. But I’m not holding my breath.

 

[Hippiechickens76]

Ok so coming up with a plan of action here. I’m keeping that pretty hen what do y’all think about keeping this Roo?