The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[nicalandia]

This is the hen she was from. I was told she was an Austrawhite but maybe she isn’t. She’s a heavy layer of a cream colored egg.

That's an Austrawhite 100%

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I thought that you knew that it was a given that a Splash x White Laced Cornish would make a solid white bird with a few blue specks.

Well I did, but then you started talking about solid blue or black birds and I thought you meant I would get solid blue and black from the cross. I must have just interpreted it wrong though

 

[nicalandia]

Well I did, but then you started talking about solid blue or black birds and I thought you meant I would get solid blue and black from the cross. I must have just interpreted it wrong though

That was in reference to Splash x Dark Cornish which are Double laced. You just need to take into account the effect Heterozygous Dominant White. as that will be the only variable between Dark Cornish and White Laced Cornish.

 

[BByroo]

Chick down is yellow, feather color is Silver.

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It doesn't show in pictures but their feathers are a little paler than their down and they have bright white in places, so this would still be silver? Also I was creeping and I plan on doing a naked neck cochin project next spring, do you have any tips? How far did you get?

 

[nicalandia]

It doesn't show in pictures but their feathers are a little paler than their down and they have bright white in places, so this would still be silver?

Yes..

Necked Neck is quite easy to introduce into a breed since it's dominant.

 

[kurby22]

Okay I have a confusing one (for me anyway!) and wanted to get some expert thoughts (@nicalandia and @NatJ)! This chick was hatched from my bantam run, which has 4 boys in it.

A lavender cuckoo Orpington cockerel (I know he’s not bantam, but they were nice to him as a baby and he refuses to join the big kid run…working on it). He was born early April, so currently 5 months old. I have an Olandsk dwarf rooster that is active and fertile and about 1.5-2 years old, a bantam buff Brahma from a show breeder that is 5 months old, and a mottled EE cockerel that is 6 months old.

Now, in my very limited knowledge I have learned mainly from both of you—barring from the MALE means either sex will be barred and the lavender will not be visible unless bred to another lavender. SO, first off—to get a bird that is white with black barring…the dad has to be the Orpington yes? Or is it possible barring is hidden in the EE?

Next question is who is the mom? I do not have any mixed breeds in this run except the three mottled EEs and they do NOT have feathered legs. The only hens I have with feathered legs are a Splash Silkie, a mille fleur d’Uccle, and a light Brahma. I also had a black Silkie that died from the heat the week after this egg was collected. Is she the mom? She seems like the only possibility! I’m sort of shocked because I didn’t think he was fertile yet and had no idea she was laying eggs, as he hadn’t really been showing interest in the bantams or that he knew what to do yet, and he’s rather large! Guess it’s time to move him over whether he likes it or not! Poor tiny birds! This chick is growing rather slowly and is way behind it’s hatch mates…but continues to grow and eat so I think it will make it.

I think I sorted it out by talking it out but wanted to be sure haha it would make me so happy if it’s one of Cher’s babies. She was just the sweetest Silkie

 

[MysteryChicken]

I sure hope so. Thanks for sharing with us.

You're welcome.

 

[nicalandia]

The chick in question has feathered shanks. I don't see any of the sires with feathered shanks.. So the mother has to have feathered shanks.

Chick down appears to be Splash or vary pale blue, the feathers also appear to be splash or very pale blue.

 

[NatJ]

The chick in question has feathered shanks. I don't see any of the sires with feathered shanks.. So the mother has to have feathered shanks.

There's a Buff Brahma bantam in the list of males. So he's also a possible source of feathered shanks.

I think I see barring on the chick, which would indicate either the Lavender Cuckoo Orpington as the father, or a barred mother. Barred mother only works if the chick is male. I don't see any barred or cuckoo hens listed.

Or is the chick not barred, and I'm just being fooled by the kind of pattern that often appears in chick feathers?

Chick down appears to be Splash or vary pale blue, the feathers also appear to be splash or very pale blue.

I see a Splash Silkie on the list of feather-footed hens, so she could account for both the feathered feet and blue in the feathers (if the Lavender Cuckoo Orpington is the father, to provide the barring; or with any of the roosters, if the chick does not have barring.)

 

[nicalandia]

Or is the chick not barred, and I'm just being fooled by kind of pattern that often appears in chick feathers?

I think it's just chick pattern, lets wait and see how the chick feathers out in the next two weeks.