What did I Hatch?! Help ID my Mystery Chick?!

[Frizzled-n-Sizzled]

In April 2022, we hatched our own eggs that came from a friend. They had previously hatched eggs from their flock in the past and all chicks are identifiable. Now comes my turn… The only rooster in the mix was a red colored EE/Americana. The only hens are EE/Ameraucana mix with 2/3 sapphire gems, EE/Ameraucana color red, EE/Ameraucana colors white/silver, a Star comet/production red and a EE/naked neck color red. Out of all the 9 chicks we hatched, all but one we can’t ID. We also hatched pure bred Dominques at the same time.

She/He is completely white! It’s body and feather texture is thicker and she is heavier than the rest as well. Personality wise she/he is also more dominate and skittish… Any thoughts as to what caused the coloring to be solid white? And her not to display typical Ee/americuana traits? She also hatched from a brown egg. The comb also has a different shape to it than the others. No one in previously hatched clutches are completely white. She has baffled us! Any thoughts? Also, any thoughts on gender? Our cockerels have a lot more comb and waddles than this too… that’s why I’m still hoping for a pullet.

I also attached a picture of what the daddy Rooster looks like.

Thank you!!

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

In April 2022, we hatched our own eggs that came from a friend. They had previously hatched eggs from their flock in the past and all chicks are identifiable. Now comes my turn… The only rooster in the mix was a red colored EE/Americana. The only hens are EE/Ameraucana mix with 2/3 sapphire gems, EE/Ameraucana color red, EE/Ameraucana colors white/silver, a Star comet/production red and a EE/naked neck color red. Out of all the 9 chicks we hatched all but one we can ID. We also hatched pure bred Dominques at the same time.

She/He is completely white! Since, I am hoping it is a pullet I’ll call it a her. Her body and feather texture is thicker and she is heavier than the rest as well. Her personality is also more dominate and skittish… Any thoughts as to what caused her coloring to be solid white? She also hatched from a brown egg. Her comb also has a different shape to it than the others. No one in previously hatched clutches are completely white. She has baffled us! Any thoughts? Also, any thoughts on gender? Thank you!! View attachment 3154951View attachment 3154954View attachment 3154955

I can't see the pictures.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Me, neither.

IME, it works best to click on "Attach files" at the bottom of the post and attach the pics directly from your device.

 

[Frizzled-n-Sizzled]

Any thoughts? Could it be a “clean face” americuana mix?

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Its either a leghorn or a mixed breed i think. Do you know what breed the mom was.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

Any thoughts? Could it be a “clean face” americuana mix?

@JedJackson Any thoughts?

 

[NatJ]

Its either a leghorn or a mixed breed i think. Do you know what breed the mom was.

It is not a White Leghorn, because there are no Leghorns on the list of possible parents.

It’s body and feather texture is thicker and she is heavier than the rest as well.

I think it might be male. That would partly explain the body being thicker & heavier.
Other than that, I don't what what specific genes from which parents caused that effect.

Any thoughts as to what caused the coloring to be solid white? And her not to display typical Ee/americuana traits? She also hatched from a brown egg. The comb also has a different shape to it than the others.

I think that comb is genetically a cross of pea and single comb. (It looks a lot like a single comb, but I think I'm seeing an exra row of bumps along the side of the comb.) So I would expect at least one parent to have a pea comb of some sort. Any of the EE mixes can be a possibility for this-- if they have one copy of the pea comb gene, that's enough to give it to the chick. I don't see it in the father, so I'm guessing it came from the mother.

If you know which hens lay what color eggs, you can rule out any possible mothers that do not lay brown.

For the white color, I think it's probably caused by the recessive white gene. One copy of the gene has no visible effect, but when a chick inherits the gene from both parents it grows up with completely white feathers. Probably the rooster and at least one hen (the mother) carry this gene. When a chick is all white, and all of the parents show various amounts of color, recessive white is usually the gene doing it.

 

[Frizzled-n-Sizzled]

Thank you for all your comments!

A little more to our story (which May be helpful). The eggs we hatched was also a science/Biology experiment. A few eggs we hatched were freshly fertilized refrigerated eggs from another friend who has a Maran, Dominque hens and one Dominque Roo. Since this was a “science experiment” we wanted to add a variable to the mix, So we added four refrigerated eggs to the fresh eggs to see how the hatch rate was affected by the cold… Surprisingly, all those eggs hatched. I am now questioning (since everyone says Leghorn/cross) if someone put a store bought egg in the mix! Would that be even possible to hatch a egg from Target?

 

[NatJ]

I am now questioning (since everyone says Leghorn/cross) if someone put a store bought egg in the mix! Would that be even possible to hatch a egg from Target?

Yes, it might be possible.

The egg would have to be fertile, but some store eggs are.
And as you discovered, at least some refrigerated eggs can hatch.