The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I have some chicks from a blue rooster to different colored hens and am wondering if these are splash chicks. I'm thinking the white with red cockerel is splash with the mahogany gene and dominant white? I played with the chicken calculator to come to that thought...I'm just beginning to learn about chicken genetics. I'm also wondering if the black and white chicks could be splash or if it's different genes creating their color. 1st chick from hatch on:View attachment 3411767View attachment 3411768View attachment 3411771View attachment 3411772
2nd chick:View attachment 3411774View attachment 3411775
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3rd chick is the one with a black spot on the head:
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And here's the one with only red showing. He hatched a yellow down chick, feathered white with red growing in slowly:View attachment 3411802View attachment 3411803
I'm case it's helpful, here's the father:View attachment 3411815And hens:View attachment 3411820View attachment 3411823View attachment 3411835View attachment 3411838
I'm not actually trying to achieve anything with breeding...just enjoying learning about my chickens.

None of the chicks look splash except for possibly the last cockerel. Most of the chicks look silver. However, none of the parents are silver, so there must be another possible parent. Do you have any other roosters or hens you didn’t get pictures of? Hens can store sperm for a remarkably long time.

As for if the cockerel is dominant white, one of the parents would have to be dominant white, and I only see one hen that could possibly have the gene. Can you get some more pictures of the second to last hen?

 

[I Like Turkeys]

I have some chicks from a blue rooster to different colored hens and am wondering if these are splash chicks. I'm thinking the white with red cockerel is splash with the mahogany gene and dominant white? I played with the chicken calculator to come to that thought...I'm just beginning to learn about chicken genetics. I'm also wondering if the black and white chicks could be splash or if it's different genes creating their color. 1st chick from hatch on:View attachment 3411767View attachment 3411768View attachment 3411771View attachment 3411772
2nd chick:View attachment 3411774View attachment 3411775
View attachment 3411779View attachment 3411780
3rd chick is the one with a black spot on the head:
View attachment 3411782
View attachment 3411783View attachment 3411788View attachment 3411790
And here's the one with only red showing. He hatched a yellow down chick, feathered white with red growing in slowly:View attachment 3411802View attachment 3411803
I'm case it's helpful, here's the father:View attachment 3411815And hens:View attachment 3411820View attachment 3411823View attachment 3411835View attachment 3411838
I'm not actually trying to achieve anything with breeding...just enjoying learning about my chickens.

I agree with @RoostersAreAwesome. Chick 1 looks silver laced, the others look at least silver(excluding 4). None of the first 3 appear to be mottled either(no white feather tips), which all of the parents show, so there's definitely another parent here. #4 is the only one who logically looks to be the actual progeny of the birds you meant to breed. He seems to show mottling on those few red feathers he has.
Do you have any other roosters or hens on-site? Were the hens exposed to another rooster within a timeframe of 1-2 months before you set your eggs on the incubator?

 

[ChicksnMore]

None of the chicks look splash except for possibly the last cockerel. Most of the chicks look silver. However, none of the parents are silver, so there must be another possible parent. Do you have any other roosters or hens you didn’t get pictures of? Hens can store sperm for a remarkably long time.

As for if the cockerel is dominant white, one of the parents would have to be dominant white, and I only see one hen that could possibly have the gene. Can you get some more pictures of the second to last hen?

Shoot. I had been told that hens can store for 30 days and forgot...the eggs were collected in that 30 day time. I'll go get some more pictures.

 

[ChicksnMore]

I agree with @RoostersAreAwesome. Chick 1 looks silver laced, the others look at least silver(excluding 4). None of the first 3 appear to be mottled either(no white feather tips), which all of the parents show, so there's definitely another parent here. #4 is the only one who logically looks to be the actual progeny of the birds you meant to breed. He seems to show mottling on those few red feathers he has.
Do you have any other roosters or hens on-site? Were the hens exposed to another rooster within a timeframe of 1-2 months before you set your eggs on the incubator?

All the parents were mottled and the mottling is showing already on chick 2 and 4. It's hard to see but it's there. The mottling comes in slower on some but does always come in.

 

[MysteryChicken]

O... someone also mentioned a chick down color difference between dominate and recessive white. With dominate white showing yellow hatch down and recessive showing bright white hatch down. I think I see this difference showing in these chicks and wondering if it means I have both dominate and recessive white floating around in there.

Your chicks are showing Columbian chick down, with maybe Partridge, or Duckwing influence.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

All the parents were mottled and the mottling is showing already on chick 2 and 4. It's hard to see but it's there. The mottling comes in slower on some but does always come in.

I'm struggling a bit more to see the mottling on #2, sorry. The wings still look more laced to me. This is a genuine question: could you circle where you see mottling on #2?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I agree with @RoostersAreAwesome. Chick 1 looks silver laced, the others look at least silver(excluding 4). None of the first 3 appear to be mottled either(no white feather tips), which all of the parents show, so there's definitely another parent here. #4 is the only one who logically looks to be the actual progeny of the birds you meant to breed. He seems to show mottling on those few red feathers he has.
Do you have any other roosters or hens on-site? Were the hens exposed to another rooster within a timeframe of 1-2 months before you set your eggs on the incubator?

It’s too young to know if they show mottling or not, especially with all that silver that could be covering it up. Though, even if they are showing mottling now, it could disappear later, revealing them to be carriers of mottling but not pure for the gene. I don’t see the lacing you’re talking about, though I do see some mixed patterning that may or may not disappear with age.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

It’s too young to know if they show mottling or not, especially with all that silver that could be covering it up. Though, even if they are showing mottling now, it could disappear later, revealing them to be carriers of mottling but not pure for the gene. I don’t see the lacing you’re talking about, though I do see some mixed patterning that may or may not disappear with age.

Probably not lacing. I was referring to the white bands that stretch along one side of the wing feather. Is that just meant to be called “mixed patterning”?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Probably not lacing. I was referring to the white bands that stretch along one side of the wing feather. Is that just meant to be called “mixed patterning”?

Well, it’s a pattern that’s probably due to a combination of genes and doesn’t have a specific name. It’s possible it’s lacing, but at this age I wouldn’t say it is simply because there are many other things it could be.

 

[ChicksnMore]

None of the chicks look splash except for possibly the last cockerel. Most of the chicks look silver. However, none of the parents are silver, so there must be another possible parent. Do you have any other roosters or hens you didn’t get pictures of? Hens can store sperm for a remarkably long time.

As for if the cockerel is dominant white, one of the parents would have to be dominant white, and I only see one hen that could possibly have the gene. Can you get some more pictures of the second to last hen?

Here's the other roos that were with them before:

Heres the 2nd to last hen:

Here's hen 2 that also has slightly different colors from the majority:

And mottling on the chicks:
Chick 1 in previous pics:

Chick 2:

Chick 4:

And chick 3 shows none yet but I know they'll come in.