Who's the daddy ?

[Laodicia]

Parents aren't my birds mums legs are darkish but not sure of the colour . She only has 4 toes but . The little dark chick started crowing this morning, so he's a roo. He's got 5 toes so would his dad be a silkie ?

Oh these pictures are better. With her having the dark legs i can only suggest that the babies daddy would not have the same grey leg color since the chicks have green legs.

Im no geneticist but it inerests me.

 

[2chookchooks]

They

The green legged chick looks like silkie dad because of his crest.

Both chicks have green legs

 

[The Moonshiner]

D5 is Luna's dad.
I'm gonna say she is a pullet.
Luna is a silver based pattern. The hen is gold based as is every one of the roosters except D5. He looks as he is silver/gold. His pullet offspring could be silver or gold. His cockerels offspring would get a gold gene from mom and either be gold/gold or silver/gold.
With the mothers color I would think that any cockerels would be showing at least a tad of some gold/buff/yellow. Since it doesn't I'm gonna have to say it is pure for silver making it only possible to be female.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Could you get close-up pictures of the chicks' combs? Also, #5 has what looks like a severe case of scaly leg mites.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Mardi's dad has to be a frizzle.
D1, D2 or D6

 

[Amer]

They

Both chicks have green legs

Apparently I wasn't looking closely enough at the frizzeled chick. The smooth feathered chick has the silkie dad because of the crest.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Apparently I wasn't looking closely enough at the frizzeled chick. The smooth feathered chick has the silkie dad because of the crest.

The mother has a crest, so it is possible that the father is non-crested.

 

[Amer]

The mother has a crest, so it is possible that the father is non-crested.

Good point. This makes me stumped. Ignore anything I said.

 

[2chookchooks]

D5 is Luna's dad.
I'm gonna say she is a pullet.
Luna is a silver based pattern. The hen is gold based as is every one of the roosters except D5. He looks as he is silver/gold. His pullet offspring could be silver or gold. His cockerels offspring would get a gold gene from mom and either be gold/gold or silver/gold.
With the mothers color I would think that any cockerels would be showing at least a tad of some gold/buff/yellow. Since it doesn't I'm gonna have to say it is pure for silver making it only possible to be female.

Oh I hope so , Thankyou for the explanation I think everyone but one person has said she's a pullet ( and they might of just guessed because they said Mardi was a girl, then he crowed the next day)
. I'm still learning what all the colours are . Is the silver the colour in her wings and tail ? Or in her chest /head ( wings looks silver to me but sometimes names are different) Any idea who Mardi's dad would be ?

So this is Luna's line ?

 

[2chookchooks]

Could you get close-up pictures of the chicks' combs? Also, #5 has what looks like a severe case of scaly leg mites.

Yes I've let the lady who owns him know about the scaly mites . It was an old photo , he was hiding from the rain the day I went out , so it was the one she had from when he came in, he has been treated ( he came in as a rescue like that )

Are these good enough comb close ups? They are from this morning. Or should I take some more ??