This chick has an interesting pattern..

[Shipgirl]

I’m guessing this chick is one of the part ameraucana chicks. Interesting pattern on its face. The roo is australorp. I was told the hen could have been australorp, australorp/ameracauna mix or ameraucana.

Anyone seen one like this and could tell me what kind they think it is? Bottom left in last pic

 

[Shipgirl]

Not a big difference.

No, but color shows up better without the red light. So I have a possible pencilled/laced/barred partridge something. I’m super excited to see what this one ends up looking like.

 

[Shipgirl]

I’ve just got some exciting and interesting mixes

 

[nuthatched]

Penciled or laced birds (and others) can have that neat cheetah pattern as chicks.

 

[MysteryChicken]

No, but color shows up better without the red light. So I have a possible pencilled/laced/barred partridge something. I’m super excited to see what this one ends up looking like.

Just Barred Partridge.

 

[Shipgirl]

How many chicks has he produced with hens other than the Cuckoo Marans?

I’m not sure. I’ll have to ask this afternoon. I know that she usually doesn’t incubate them except the pure marans, but she wanted a couple extra chicks, so she threw them in. Might need to do an experiment

 

[Shipgirl]

Yes, some people like to figure out what is going on, and some just want to ignore the one weird thing because it's not really bothering them.

If you're able to hatch some eggs, you could ask for some and do the experiment yourself.

She has an incubator that holds about 300 eggs and over 40 acres for them to roam. I think she’s do it if I asked and just have fun with it

 

[Millsa]

A chick can only have barring (white stripes across the feathers) if at least one parent has barring. If your rooster has no barring, and your hens have no barring, then your chicks have no barring either.

Chicks with barring often have a headspot (white or yellow on thir head).

In crosses where the mother has barring and the father does not, the sons are barred but the daughters are not, so you can sex them by looking for headspots (sons) or no headspots (daughters.)

But in crosses where no parent has barring, you will get chicks of both genders with no headspots, so you have to sex them in other ways (like by waiting for them to grow enough that the males show big red combs.)

Thank you for your informative reply! Appreciate it.

 

[Madhouse Pullet]

Super cute!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Looks partridge. Also has a headspot, so it'll grow up Barred too.