Who’s My Mommy? The Sequel

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He looks a lot like a splash, which wouldn’t be possible unless his father was blue or splash. Can you post pictures of the possible fathers?

None of my roosters are blue or splash. I have two blue hens but that’s it.

I also have a black no bow tie NN that I don’t have a pic of.

This is the silkie mix/Rhode Island Red cross

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

None of my roosters are blue or splash. I have two blue hens but that’s it.
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I also have a black no bow tie NN that I don’t have a pic of.
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This is the silkie mix/Rhode Island Red cross

Strange. I’m going to go with “very light blue” for now.

 

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Strange. I’m going to go with “very light blue” for now.

Pasty blue lol

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Strange. I’m going to go with “very light blue” for now.

I agree that this is very strange... I also entirely agree on all your statements about bowties ability to produce feathered-neck offspring

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

The chick does look to have a beard which makes me think the Olive Egger is the mother. I don't have a clue about fathers, but I would go with the Silkie x

 

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The chick does look to have a beard which makes me think the Olive Egger is the mother. I don't have a clue about fathers, but I would go with the Silkie x

I will say that the silkie mix/RIR cross has a confirmed baby and, like him, has the smallest amount of fluff on its legs and looks very similar to the mix when he was a chick. I mean genetics vary, but this seems like a large variance.

This is the silkie mix/RIR as a day old

Confirmed offspring of said rooster.
I’m not sure. Bean, the rooster in question, has so many colors and patterns, I find it a little unlikely for him, even combined with a solid colored hen, to have a completely solid chick.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I will say that the silkie mix/RIR cross has a confirmed baby and, like him, has the smallest amount of fluff on its legs and looks very similar to the mix when he was a chick. I mean genetics vary, but this seems like a large variance.
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This is the silkie mix/RIR as a day old
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Confirmed offspring of said rooster.
I’m not sure. Bean, the rooster in question, has so many colors and patterns, I find it a little unlikely for him, even combined with a solid colored hen, to have a completely solid chick.

It’s not impossible. Black (and its dilution, blue) is a very dominant color. Your mixed rooster has a messy columbian color with a lot of leakage. I’d expect his offspring with a solid black/blue hen to be black/blue with leakage. Keep in mind that your chick is still young, so the leakage could come in later.

 

[Oncoming Storm]

It’s not impossible. Black (and its dilution, blue) is a very dominant color. Your mixed rooster has a messy columbian color with a lot of leakage. I’d expect his offspring with a solid black/blue hen to be black/blue with leakage. Keep in mind that your chick is still young, so the leakage could come in later.

Yes he is very messy. He is the epitome of a mixed breed :/. I do have several black hens as well as my two blues. I love when chicks change with age it’s like a continuous surprise.

 

[The Kooky Kiwi]

Looks more lavender to me than blue.. and though that seems unlikely given that you have no visually lavender birds.. remember lavender can pass unseen as a single gene so it's definitely possible that some of your mixed heritage birds have a sneaky gene in there - and the probability gods decided they should merge together for this chick.

It's as plausible as every other theory above

 

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We’re back and Pickle is rocking out at five and a half weeks old. He’s also very obviously a HE. Is that a thing that home bred chicks tend to rooster up quick? Because almost all of mine have. He has a nice little poof on his head now which is interesting. I think this means that, combined with his color, the olive egger is the mum. Thoughts?