Elliemae1984
Songster
I’d love some opinions on how I ended up with so many white silkie chicks! (Not complaining, just confused!)
I have a black hen, white hen, paint roo and black (with silver leakage) roo in one coop. This was my first hatch with this coop - I set 13 eggs, 6 from one hen and 7 from the other (not sure which was which, but I collected the 13 eggs over 7 days so I know the split was almost even).
One egg quit early, 12 chicks hatched. They were:
- 1 black
- 2 paint
- 1 blue
- 1 partridge mix
- 1 splash (maybe, this one passed still with its chick down, was very light grey so I assume splash)
- 6 white
I’m assuming my white is recessive, so she’d be responsible for the blue, partridge and (maybe) splash. The black would have laid the black and 2 paints. Chicks are 3-4 weeks old now and none of the 6 white chicks are feathering out with any paint spots.
So that would mean my black also laid 3-4 white? Is that possible? I thought black and paint parents would hatch 50/50 black and paint chicks. How (genetically speaking) would my black hen lay 50% white chicks? Or are some of the whites actually paints in disguise lol?
I have a black hen, white hen, paint roo and black (with silver leakage) roo in one coop. This was my first hatch with this coop - I set 13 eggs, 6 from one hen and 7 from the other (not sure which was which, but I collected the 13 eggs over 7 days so I know the split was almost even).
One egg quit early, 12 chicks hatched. They were:
- 1 black
- 2 paint
- 1 blue
- 1 partridge mix
- 1 splash (maybe, this one passed still with its chick down, was very light grey so I assume splash)
- 6 white
I’m assuming my white is recessive, so she’d be responsible for the blue, partridge and (maybe) splash. The black would have laid the black and 2 paints. Chicks are 3-4 weeks old now and none of the 6 white chicks are feathering out with any paint spots.
So that would mean my black also laid 3-4 white? Is that possible? I thought black and paint parents would hatch 50/50 black and paint chicks. How (genetically speaking) would my black hen lay 50% white chicks? Or are some of the whites actually paints in disguise lol?