Who’s my mommy? Naked neck cross

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Oops, I was so busy thinking about the comb I forgot about that.

Excellent point. The poof points to a crested parent, which pretty much has to be the Polish.
(Which still leaves me puzzling about the comb. But with a Polish parent, it should be a V comb--maybe it goes weird when crossed with something.)

I know! The comb is throwing me off too! The only other crested hen is my sapphire olive egger but she has yellow legs and a single comb with orange eyes. And her puff is really small.

 

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Also, I know it’s really early but while we’re here, is this chick looking more like a cockerel or pullet? It’s much smaller than it’s brother who is a sexlinked cockerel. His comb is already huge and he’s already trying to crow . Not to mention Rocky has absolutely no tail feathers while mystery as you can see has tail feathers.

 

[NatJ]

Also, I know it’s really early but while we’re here, is this chick looking more like a cockerel or pullet? It’s much smaller than it’s brother who is a sexlinked cockerel. His comb is already huge and he’s already trying to crow . Not to mention Rocky has absolutely no tail feathers while mystery as you can see has tail feathers.

I am not seeing any red in the comb or the wattles. (I usually notice it in the wattles even before the comb.)

Smaller than the other chick--that could be a gender thing, or just because the Polish presumed-mother is smaller than the Barred Rock mother.

So maybe a pullet, but I wouldn't bet either way yet.

 

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I am not seeing any red in the comb or the wattles. (I usually notice it in the wattles even before the comb.)

Smaller than the other chick--that could be a gender thing, or just because the Polish presumed-mother is smaller than the Barred Rock mother.

So maybe a pullet, but I wouldn't bet either way yet.

This is Rocky just for comparison. It might very well be because Beatrice is mom because I’m pretty sure I snagged her from the bantam bin....
But like...Rocky is so obvious XD.

 

[NatJ]

This is Rocky just for comparison. It might very well be because Beatrice is mom because I’m pretty sure I snagged her from the bantam bin....
But like...Rocky is so obvious XD.

I agree, that one is very obvious

 

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GUYS. Something interesting I saw today. When looking at our favorite chick, I took a good look at their comb. Remember it looking weird? Well it’s gotten weirder. Now it’s partially a straight comb that splits off to a v comb. I tried to get a picture but they wouldn’t sit still. Has anyone heard of this before? Certainly a first for me.

 

[NatJ]

GUYS. Something interesting I saw today. When looking at our favorite chick, I took a good look at their comb. Remember it looking weird? Well it’s gotten weirder. Now it’s partially a straight comb that splits off to a v comb. I tried to get a picture but they wouldn’t sit still. Has anyone heard of this before? Certainly a first for me.

I haven't heard of exactly this, but crossing comb types does seem to cause some strange results sometimes! And then of course they change as the bird grows, too

Is this the chick pictured in post 24? (Mostly black feathers, naked neck, crest on head, comb looked single in front and weird-maybe-rose in the back.)

Do you have an updated picture?

 

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I haven't heard of exactly this, but crossing comb types does seem to cause some strange results sometimes! And then of course they change as the bird grows, too

Is this the chick pictured in post 24? (Mostly black feathers, naked neck, crest on head, comb looked single in front and weird-maybe-rose in the back.)

Do you have an updated picture?

Yes! I don’t have an updated picture because they were so wiggly I couldn’t get a good shot. I’ll try to get one within the next few days.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

My Naked Neck/Cochin cross has a straight comb that V's at the top. I'll try to get a picture of her in just a little while and share it. She's 18 weeks old, I believe

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Finally got a picture of my NN/Cochin cross, Victoria's comb. She hatched mid June 2020