Whos our daddy?

[J-Habs]

The first 5 pics are the siblings in question. Pic 6 is definitely the mother, pic 7 is my Black Copper Marans rooster, and Pic 8 is my Olive Egger rooster. I always took for granted that the Olive Egger was the father, but now I'm not sure. Any suggestions? The young females legs are slate, while the young roosters legs are a light slate with maybe some pink or yellow.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Well, you've got sexlinking from the barring, so all those that have barring are males. I'm tending to think your Olive Egger rooster as from the pics it looks like the chicks have clean legs and they are either barred or a brown base. Your Black Copper bred to the Barred would produce black chicks (from the chicken calculator...and my experience....I get black when I breed to a true Black Copper).

Feather footing seems to pass 50/50 for me, and it doesn't seem that any of the chicks have foot feathering? Another indication it was the Olive Egger.

Finally the leg color. I just learned that white legs are dominant over the other colors, and that yellow is recessive (needs 2 genes), but I haven't got my head around green and blue (grey/slate) leg coloring yet. Your slate/grey legs likely are mixed genetics with the Olive Egger too...so I could see him having a yellow to toss in with the Barred hens black wash yellow to produce 2 genes for yellow. I'm guessing, if the BCM is pure, he's likely 2 blue leg genes????

So drum roll...my guess is the Olive Egger is the daddy.

It'll be interesting what others have to say....or if I'm way off.

LofMc

 

[J-Habs]

Well, you've got sexlinking from the barring, so all those that have barring are males. I'm tending to think your Olive Egger rooster as from the pics it looks like the chicks have clean legs and they are either barred or a brown base. Your Black Copper bred to the Barred would produce black chicks (from the chicken calculator...and my experience....I get black when I breed to a true Black Copper).

Feather footing seems to pass 50/50 for me, and it doesn't seem that any of the chicks have foot feathering? Another indication it was the Olive Egger.

Finally the leg color. I just learned that white legs are dominant over the other colors, and that yellow is recessive (needs 2 genes), but I haven't got my head around green and blue (grey/slate) leg coloring yet. Your slate/grey legs likely are mixed genetics with the Olive Egger too...so I could see him having a yellow to toss in with the Barred hens black wash yellow to produce 2 genes for yellow. I'm guessing, if the BCM is pure, he's likely 2 blue leg genes????

So drum roll...my guess is the Olive Egger is the daddy.

It'll be interesting what others have to say....or if I'm way off.

LofMc

It might be hard to see in these pics, but both roosters have feathered legs. I don't believe mom did. She passed away just days after these chicks went in the incubator. She got broody and cooked in the nesting box when it got to 113 degrees here in the Sacramento area. I got the eggs just in time.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Your Olive Egger is for sure the father of the chick in the fifth picture, as she has a beard. The father of the others is kinda up in the air. I’m guessing your OE is part BCM, so that doesn’t really help narrow it down, as their traits are pretty similar. I’m guessing the BCM fathered all the other chicks, as none of them have beards and they all look to have single combs.

What breed was the mom?

 

[Lady of McCamley]

I got the dad picks mixed up!

I thought 7 was the OE which is no beard and bottom the back head shot of BCM as that is the proper color of a BCM. I didn't notice the black beard from behindin that shot as I thought BCM.

I then dont know who fathered if both are foot feathered. Beards follow 50% of time especially if a hybrid. If bearded chick, then yes OE, but either if no beard. Your BCM is not base black with copper bleed. It likely will produce brown base chicks. The OE is more likely to produce black base chicks which makes me wonder....follow beards as best you can.

Is the OE pea combed? That would be dominant and show the OE to be father

Males will be barred either daddy as mom was barred.

 

[J-Habs]

Your Olive Egger is for sure the father of the chick in the fifth picture, as she has a beard. The father of the others is kinda up in the air. I’m guessing your OE is part BCM, so that doesn’t really help narrow it down, as their traits are pretty similar. I’m guessing the BCM fathered all the other chicks, as none of them have beards and they all look to have single combs.

What breed was the mom?

The mom is in picture 6. She was a Barred Crested Olive Egger ( or whatever you call them) The first 5 pics are of the same 2 chicks. 1 boy and 1 girl.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

The mom is in picture 6. She was a Barred Crested Olive Egger ( or whatever you call them) The first 5 pics are of the same 2 chicks. 1 boy and 1 girl.

Oh ok, I thought there were more chicks than just two. I still think the pullet’s father is the OE. The cockerel could be either, as it looks like the OE has a modified pea comb, one single comb gene and one pea comb gene, so he could pass either one onto his offspring.

 

[J-Habs]

Oh ok, I thought there were more chicks than just two. I still think the pullet’s father is the OE. The cockerel could be either, as it looks like the OE has a modified pea comb, one single comb gene and one pea comb gene, so he could pass either one onto his offspring.

Thank you!