The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[MixedFlock23]

@nicalandia
Hello! We had two chicks hatch March 19th (our second surprises!—we aren’t intending on breeding chickens), and I’m wondering if we can figure out who are their parents. Thank you!
Both chicks are dark skinned. Both chicks were sired by a Silkie or silkie showgirl as those are the only two cockerels we had with the girls. One hatched from a silkie egg & the other from a blue green egg. I only have three silkie/showgirl girls and two blue layers, so that narrows things down a bit.
The chicks at hatch & now (5 weeks old):

The 2 possible moms of the blue egg chick:

Dani (splash EE) & Pollyanna (black split from lavender Ameraucana) both have muffs & beards, but only Dani has a crest like the chick… but could the Silkie dad give a crest (or more of a poof??) if Pollyanna was the mom?

Do both moms here have light enough legs/skin that we can sex link this chick with dark skin as a female for sure? Is this chick considered blue? Coming from a blue egg & having a Silkie (cream egg gene) dad, Clover should lay olive eggs, correct?

Possible dads of both chicks:

Black Silkie or Frazzle feathered showgirl cockerel of unknown color (red pile?)

3 Silkie chick possible moms:

The Silkie chick is frizzled feathered, so then the only dad option is the frazzle cockerel (who is now gone). None of my Silkie moms are frizzled (or frazzled). And I guess the black showgirl would be his mom, right? Since he is all black? Wouldn’t the frazzled light colored cockerel and a partridge or red pile/cream pullet make non-black chicks?
(The single naked neck gene is not dominant. I figured that out when we only had the bow tie showgirl cockerel in with the girls and got only one naked neck chick of five surprises last year.)

Since the blue egg chick has smooth feathered, she must be a daughter of the black Silkie (the other cockerel was frazzled and had two genes of frizzled feathers and only could have frizzled offspring since that’s dominant). So if she has a black Silkie dad based on her smooth feathers, and her feathers look a little lighter color than black (blue?) and she has a crest like Dani (who as a splash would carry blue genes), can we for sure say her mom is Dani? Or could a black Silkie dad & a black split from lavender mom have a blue-ish chick with a crest?

Here’s my assessment of their genes & who the parents must be:
Clover from the blue egg came from Silkie dad due to having smooth (not frizzled) feathers & from BBS Easter Egger mom Dani due to her crest.

Patty/Patrick must be from the frazzled cockerel since he is frizzled & the black showgirl hen. (All of my showgirls only have one copy of the naked neck gene since they all have the bowtie on their necks (so 25% chance of getting a non-naked neck chick from two bow tie parents).

Please correct me if I’m wrong! I’m new at this! (& not letting them breed on purpose! We were sick the first time & gone during an ice storm the next time—so the neighbor didn’t gather eggs daily) Thank you!
Eta:
The first photo doesn’t show the blue egg color as well as this one. Circled are more recent eggs from Dani & Pollyanna, one of which Clover hatched from.

 

[SelfSufficientMe]

I posted this elsewhere earlier this week and it was suggested to post in this thread:

Although the fact that my chick has five toes may be insignificant, I still find it interesting that it’s the only chick from the entire clutch with the fifth toe. The origin of the eggs are known but it’s unknown if only the one hen laid them and if the one hen mated with more than one rooster. I’m still curious to know which breeds my mixed breed chicks may be. The eggs were found in a neighborhood with stray chickens. The speckled hen was caught sitting on them. Anybody want to take a guess just for the heck of it? I did read that there are few breeds with five toes. The chickens photoed are the ones that hang out in the area where they eggs were found. The chicks hatched from white eggs with possibly a tint of another color but barely noticeable. Maybe very, very, very lightly tinted blue if at all.Thank you. (Photos aren’t uploading- I’ll post and try to add afterwards)

 

[nicalandia]

@nicalandia
Hello! We had two chicks hatch March 19th (our second surprises!—we aren’t intending on breeding chickens), and I’m wondering if we can figure out who are their parents. Thank you!
Both chicks are dark skinned. Both chicks were sired by a Silkie or silkie showgirl as those are the only two cockerels we had with the girls. One hatched from a silkie egg & the other from a blue green egg. I only have three silkie/showgirl girls and two blue layers, so that narrows things down a bit.
The chicks at hatch & now (5 weeks old):

Those chicks are All Black(at least they look black to me) so the Splash Ameraucana can't be the dame of the non-silkie chick.

Ameraucanas and EEs can't be used for Black Skin/Light Skin Sex linkage, because they are both id+ which boosts dermal melanin.

 

[nicalandia]

I posted this elsewhere earlier this week and it was suggested to post in this thread:

Although the fact that my chick has five toes may be insignificant, I still find it interesting that it’s the only chick from the entire clutch with the fifth toe.

Such are the odds on small numbers(a clutch of eggs are considered a small sample size statistically speaking)

 

[MixedFlock23]

Those chicks are All Black(at least they look black to me) so the Splash Ameraucana can't be the dame of the non-silkie chick.

Ameraucanas and EEs can't be used for Black Skin/Light Skin Sex linkage, because they are both id+ which boosts dermal melanin.

@nicalandia How & when will I know she’s black for sure or if she’s a darker blue? Not all blacks have the green/purple shine as hens, but if she’s Pollyanna’s offspring, then I guess she would be shiny like her mom (& dad’s tail) right? If she’s Dani’s offspring, she’ll be a blue though, since Dani is a splash & Shushpop the Roo is black. I thought she was a (dark) blue since I see the dark edging/lacing on her feathers and her head is darker than her body, which I read was a blue trait.

Here are a few more photos of Clover. I’ve marked a green line/arrow beside her in each photo. I took photos of her next to my lighter blue chick, black seramas, my lavender Ameraucana, black/partridge silkies, her possible mom with green/purple shiny black feathers, and her dad the black Silkie.

Thank you!

 

[3KillerBs]

@nicalandia How & when will I know she’s black for sure or if she’s a darker blue? Not all blacks have the green/purple shine as hens, but if she’s Pollyanna’s offspring, then I guess she would be shiny like her mom (& dad’s tail) right? If she’s Dani’s offspring, she’ll be a blue though, since Dani is a splash & Shushpop the Roo is black. I thought she was a (dark) blue since I see the dark edging/lacing on her feathers and her head is darker than her body, which I read was a blue trait.

Here are a few more photos of Clover. I’ve marked a green line/arrow beside her in each photo. I took photos of her next to my lighter blue chick, black seramas, my lavender Ameraucana, black/partridge silkies, her possible mom with green/purple shiny black feathers, and her dad the black Silkie.

Thank you!

I could be wrong due to limited experience, but my understanding is that a blue chicken will always have the lacing (even if poorly laced), while a black never will.

 

[MixedFlock23]

I could be wrong due to limited experience, but my understanding is that a blue chicken will always have the lacing (even if poorly laced), while a black never will.

Poor lacing for the win then!
Clover (the chick) looks more like Dani with that little crest (the splash colored blue egg layer—she’s a Steele Egger from Meyer hatchery) & if she’s indeed a blue color then that confirms it. I’ll wait & see what nicalandia & any others say.
Blue is new to me—my other two BBS are splashes, but I’ve been wanting a blue for years!

 

[scooterward]

What is the result be of a New Hampshire Red rooster x Brown Leghorn hen?

Also, would the chick be a sex link? If so, would the female be red and the make be white/yellow?

 

[nicalandia]

What is the result be of a New Hampshire Red rooster x Brown Leghorn hen?

Also, would the chick be a sex link? If so, would the female be red and the make be white/yellow?

Both are sex linked recessive gold s+, so no sex link cross there.. All chicks should be intermediate between wildtype. Dark Orange chicks with a dark mid body stripe. they will grow up to look like Black Tailed Red Leghorn

 

[MysteryChicken]

What are the chances that Malays carry the mutation of the Parrot Beak Aseels have for parrot beak?