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[mrfumanchu]

here are a couple of his hatch mates. They are really all over the place

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

There's a "Carnation Comb". I don't know if this would be that, but with your description of it looking split at the back, it makes me think of that.

I love that he has both beard AND wattles! I usually don't see wattles when a bird has beard and muffs.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Many of the breeds Lacy mentioned I can see why.
To me, Silkie and polish can cover lacing, fibro, split comb, beard and feathered legs in a minimal amount of breeds. What doesn't add up is the lack of crest and how clear that lacing is, I didn't think a F1 lacing cross would have lacing like that?

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Does he have a split comb at all?
He reminds me A LOT of the Polkie (silkie/polish) cockerel I had... Polish come in silver laced.

This is a very good point I didn't even think of that combination.

Many of the breeds Lacy mentioned I can see why.
To me, Silkie and polish can cover lacing, fibro, split comb, beard and feathered legs in a minimal amount of breeds. What doesn't add up is the lack of crest and how clear that lacing is, I didn't think a F1 lacing cross would have lacing like that?

The single comb is still adding another bird to the mix. Though there's no crest, a Silver Laced Polish fits a lot better than a Wyandotte. He's too skinny and the shank color matches the Polish better. Only in the above shot of him does he almost look like he could have the Wyandotte build, but it's not enough to assume that in the mix. As far as no crest, I was guessing specific breeds due to the high feathers against his single comb. To me, that's pointing to something that would get those feathers a little higher than the average rooster, and something crested could help with that.

As far as the Lacing itself, I haven't bred enough birds to see how well that carries over. I know one of my past roosters, Tribute, did manage to carry his Lacing over pretty strong, and he was a mix. On this guy, I'd highly suspect a (bearded) Silver Laced Polish mixed with either a TSC Silkie (I'm guessing this to take down the crest but keep the feathered shanks) or Ayem Cemani, or possibly both. Looking at his siblings, there's definitely a Polish in the mix, but for color (because not only are we looking at the single comb, we're also looking at this yellow hue in his hackles and saddle), I'd unfortunately suspect a Red Sex Link. Too many of his siblings look like they have that in them, which might drag it down to a New Hampshire Red (RIR is a possibility as well, but I'm leaning NHR) in the bloodline as well as a White Plymouth Rock.

(Because of the other breeds I'm suspecting, I'd almost throw out the Ayem Cemani possibly. They're becoming more common thus cheaper to get, but there's too much of the common breeds that the breeder most likely doesn't have those.)