Who's the mama?

[ChickieKat]

I am trying to figure out who is the mama to our 4 week old chick that two of my silkies hatched out. It is fully feathered except for its head and is pure white with one or two teeny black specks on one or two wing feathers. It is also quite large with deep yellow/orange legs.

So I have a rescue rooster who looks identical to this bird except that he has white where this roo has grey.

(Sorry, I don't have a current pic of him, only a bedraggled one from his first few days here). We are almost certain he is an Americauna.

I also have 2 Barred Rocks, a Black Jersey Giant (who just died 3 days ago), an Americauna, a Salmon Favorelle, a Naked Neck, a NH Red, and a few others that I know can not be the mama because our chick came from a largish brown egg.

I can't for the life of me figure out who the hen was who laid the egg, and we are completely shocked that it is turning out almost pure white. Does anyone have any idea who the mama is?

 

[donrae]

Do you have pics of your Ameraucana and naked neck hens? What color are they?

does the chick have feathered legs?

A pic of the rooster would be helpful. From your description I'm thinking it's something like a red sex link, which means the white it carries will hide any black the chick would normally show from the momma.

 

[ChickieKat]

I finally got some decent pics. Here is the chick:

Here is the roo;

Shoot, I realized I meant to say I have an Australorp, not an Americauna hen... Oops. Anyway, here she is:

Here is the hen that was last years chick that we hatched. We are certain that she is a cross between the rooster pictured and the Australorp.

And finally here is my naked neck. Holy moly was she ever hard to get pics of!

 

[ChickieKat]

Anyone have any ideas? I am more curious than ever now. We lost our sweet roo yesterday and his little baby is cute as a button. I am now hoping it is a boy to at least carry on some of his genes for another rooster.