GirlsHuntToo
Professional Chicken Chaser
It looks like a satin to me.
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Yes, I agree with you that one parent must have normal feathering. I see @MysteryChicken explained it nicely.Now that is interesting. If I've got my feather genetics down, the silkied gene is recessive. Meaning, that in order for a chick to come out with normal feathers, one of the parents needs to have normal feathering as well, since the normal feathering gene is dominant. So, if you do not have any other satins, or any bantam hens that lay creme colored eggs, it was probably a leghorn. @NatJ @MysteryChicken
I have brahmas and leghorns but the eggs that I hatched out were silkie eggs (small and cream colored compared to the other larger white or brown)
That would have to mean the leghorn just laid an abnormally small egg but I guess it could be a possibility!
Yes, I agree with you that one parent must have normal feathering. I see @MysteryChicken explained it nicely.
What color Brahmas and what color Leghorns? (I am asking about the color of their feathers, not their eggs.)
If your Leghorns are all white, then the chick probably does not come from one of them. If you have some other color of Leghorn (white with black dots, or brown, or something else yet), then yes a Leghorn could be the mother.
Personally, I think a Brahma laying a lighter-than-usual egg is more likely, but I can't be certain about that.
My leghorns are all brown. Brahmas are the typical white/black.Yes, I agree with you that one parent must have normal feathering. I see @MysteryChicken explained it nicely.
What color Brahmas and what color Leghorns? (I am asking about the color of their feathers, not their eggs.)
If your Leghorns are all white, then the chick probably does not come from one of them. If you have some other color of Leghorn (white with black dots, or brown, or something else yet), then yes a Leghorn could be the mother.
Personally, I think a Brahma laying a lighter-than-usual egg is more likely, but I can't be certain about that.
Black/Blue are dominant over Red Duckwing/Brown color.My leghorns are all brown. Brahmas are the typical white/black.
This chick is the same size as it’s siblings. From my understanding silkie showgirls are a cross between turken & silkies. Could this have anything to do with it? Obviously my rooster isn’t the most well bred showgirl around I’m not sure about his parents or anything about him someone posted him for free & I took him.I agree. The egg points towards the brahma. But the bird would be bigger than its siblings, and I'd also expect better leg feathering. Of course that depends on how much feather the parents have on
My leghorns are all brown. Brahmas are the typical white/black.
This chick is the same size as it’s siblings. From my understanding silkie showgirls are a cross between turken & silkies. Could this have anything to do with it? Obviously my rooster isn’t the most well bred showgirl around I’m not sure about his parents or anything about him someone posted him for free & I took him.
I was under the impression that mom was one of these 2 black silkies.
My rooster is pretty low on the pecking order & although in the coop together my silkies and my big birds are 2 completely different flocks, they don’t intermingle and it’s very rare that I find a fertilized egg from one of my big girls.
What could possibly help us narrow it down a little more is photos from the brahma hens and the leghorn hens