Who do you think the parents are? - 4 month old barnyard mix

[HemlockHouse]

Hello! I have a flock of 13 mixed breeds (some more mixed than others ). I will start with sharing the adults.
I have two Roos, Chomper (the barred roo) and Spike (the black roo) both came from incubating eggs from another mixed flock. From the same batch of eggs we got 3 hens. Little foot (lighter legs) , ducky (darker legs) , and Petrie (looks like a Rhode Island with the floppy comb) . Then there are the ones we know. Nugget (Rhode island red) , Pants (Brahma) , Flora (Wyandotte) , Poppy (cinnamon queen ?) , violet (sapphire gem) . And now we have 3 littles that are 4 months old. Petrie is the hen that sat on the eggs, but I have no idea who’s eggs they actually were (would love speculation). So that brings Aspen (the larger golden and black color) , Juniper (the grey and red color) , and Willow (the small black also know as “the favorite”) . While I am still a hold out and hopefully for 3 pullets I know good and well two out of these three look…. Questionable. So, would also love some speculating here too. Hahaha. I am also going to attach a photo of Chomper and Spike at the same age as the current littles.
Long story short - who do you think the parents are and pullet or cockerel?

 

[nuthatched]

Aspen and juniper are cockerels.

 

[HemlockHouse]

Aspen and juniper are cockerels.

You had to go and be so sure but honestly I have been fairly certain for a while.

 

[nuthatched]

You had to go and be so sure but honestly I have been fairly certain for a while.

They're handsome cockerels though.

 

[HemlockHouse]

They're handsome cockerels though.

Thank you - they managed to have enough looks to have a few flock options to take over as their own once they prove themselves to be Roos

 

[HemlockHouse]

I am curious if anyone has opinions on parentage. Also update: juniper has proven to be a roo for sure.

 

[JedJackson]

Aspen has the barred rooster as a father and one of the single comb red hens as a mother.

Juniper has Spike as the father and Violet as the mother.

Lots of combinations could have produced Willow.

Spike over violet is a strong possibility. Or Chomper over Little Foot or Ducky.

 

[HemlockHouse]

Aspen has the barred rooster as a father and one of the single comb red hens as a mother.

Juniper has Spike as the father and Violet as the mother.

Lots of combinations could have produced Willow.

Spike over violet is a strong possibility. Or Chomper over Little Foot or Ducky.

Thank you!! Willow has the absolute best disposition of any of my chickens so far. And you confirmed my guesses for Juniper. The crosses and dominant genes are fascinating, I just have t had a chance to study up.

 

[JedJackson]

Thank you!! Willow has the absolute best disposition of any of my chickens so far. And you confirmed my guesses for Juniper. The crosses and dominant genes are fascinating, I just have t had a chance to study up.

Juniper was easy because only one of your hens has blue coloring, and only one of your roosters has a beard.

Violet is tougher. At first I thought Spike has to be the father, but I think Chomper is single barred, not double barred. Meaning only half of his offspring will be barred unless he is crossed with another barred bird. Barred coloring is a black base with white barring over it, so his non-barred chicks would be mostly black with red leakage if he was crossed with one of the bearded hens, who are basically gold partidge. So that cross is one possibility. Spike over Violet is another possibility. When you cross blue with black, you get 50% blue and 50% black chicks, so that cross could easily produce a hen with Willow's traits. There is a chance the Spike over one of the single combed red hens could produce a pullet like Willow, but I think that cross would produce a hen with more red leakage. But it's definitely another possibility.