The magic of genetics? Or do I have an egg stealer here?

[Alycia]

Recently, two of my hens have been hatching out the most adorable little mutt babies. The one hen in question is a Silver Phoenix/Silkie mutt...She basically looks like a Phoenix with Silkie skin and a poofy beard.

She hatched out a couple Silver colored 'chipmunk' colored babies with some feathered legs, which I expected but suddenly..A BBQ potato chip colored one appears Lol or at least, that is the description my sister gave.

I have a Sumatra rooster, a Silkie/Phoenix rooster, and a Russian Orloff rooster that run with her and could possibly have fathered this chick. The chick looks nothing like the rest of its siblings, minus the faint color of a chipmunk pattern on its back, which my Orloff chicks had. The leg color is different from its brothers and sisters from the same hen and clean legged, also unlike the others.

So I am wondering, could the hen have stolen an egg from my Orloff hens (which she has a history of stealing eggs) and hatched it out, or could it just the Orloff was the father?

Below is a picture of the baby chick in question..It is beside the little black one. You can see the comparison from that one to the other little chipmunk by the waterer. I know better pictures would help and I'll have some tomorrow maybe but based on this..What do you all think?

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[sourland]

I think that in a mixed flock with multiple roosters and the possibility of hens adding eggs to a clutch any variety of chicks may be the result.