Strange cross? I'm stumped....

[ryujinfantasy]

What are these?!
They have black feathers that appear blue, green, and purple in the light.
They have little white feathers on their necks.
They have virtually no combs compared to their siblings...

And within the two, you can see differences (like the amount of white on their necks, and that one has very long hackles while the other has very short ones)

So... Male or female? Or is it their odd cross that makes them so different?

Mother: barred rock bantam
Father: silver duckwing oegb

 

[dan26552]

How old are they?

 

[ryujinfantasy]

2 months

 

[dan26552]

I'd say pullets then but not 100% sure

 

[Mountain Peeps]

They look like mixed breed pullets to me.

 

[ryujinfantasy]

So what do you think would make them this color when their 4 other siblings look like regular barred rocks with little pink combs?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

So this is a silver duckwing over barred rock? If I'm not mistaken this would be a cross resulting in sex-linked offspring so the difference would be the four that are barred would be male and these two would be female....

 

[StarMeKritten]

Silver duckwing male over barred female would give you barred male offspring and black female offspring that have silver leakage. The two in your photo are pullets. The others that look like your barred rock are cockerels.

 

[ryujinfantasy]

Thank you so much! What helpful information I never knew that silver duckwing over barred rock could make such a thing. Thanks again everyone, I really appreciate the answers!

 

[Blooie]

I love learning new stuff!