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She is the mother. A red/gold rooster crossed with a red/gold hen can’t produce chicks with the silver gene, and Charcoal definitely has the silver gene.Ew ew! I think I know this one! The hen I originally thought was his mama was this one pictured here, and I learned from someone on this forum (quite possibly yourself) that the silver streaks on her neck are silver leakage. So it seems that my original assessment was most likely correct, and this blue hen is most likely the mother.