JesWith3
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- Jul 25, 2022
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Chicken math attack yet again...I've got four more ((sigh)); two Cream Legbar and two Olive Eggers from My Pet Chicken.
The little Olive Egger chicks look indentical (Black/Charcoal/Grey/Cream/White) except for one thing...leg feathering. One has it and one does not. When I saw the leg feathering on the first one, I thought I knew (based on MPC's listed birds in their OE breeding program; Marans, Legbars, Welsummers, and Ameraucanas) the likely mix of my chicks ... Marans x Ameraucana.
But can that be true for the little chick withOUT feathered legs? Or would it have to be a different mix? Both have fluffy cheeks (so definitely one Ameraucana parent...right?).
They hatched at the same hatchery on the same day and look identical otherwise. What other mix from Marans, Legbars, Welsummers, and Ameraucana could result in a dark charcoal chick with cream and white butt, chest, cheeks but no leg feathering? I'm not breeding and in the grand scheme of things it REALLY doesn't "matter", I'm just curious and it helps me to learn and know my chickens and their genetics and also what I can expect from their offspring's eggs as far as colors go.
Thanks all!
The little Olive Egger chicks look indentical (Black/Charcoal/Grey/Cream/White) except for one thing...leg feathering. One has it and one does not. When I saw the leg feathering on the first one, I thought I knew (based on MPC's listed birds in their OE breeding program; Marans, Legbars, Welsummers, and Ameraucanas) the likely mix of my chicks ... Marans x Ameraucana.
But can that be true for the little chick withOUT feathered legs? Or would it have to be a different mix? Both have fluffy cheeks (so definitely one Ameraucana parent...right?).
They hatched at the same hatchery on the same day and look identical otherwise. What other mix from Marans, Legbars, Welsummers, and Ameraucana could result in a dark charcoal chick with cream and white butt, chest, cheeks but no leg feathering? I'm not breeding and in the grand scheme of things it REALLY doesn't "matter", I'm just curious and it helps me to learn and know my chickens and their genetics and also what I can expect from their offspring's eggs as far as colors go.
Thanks all!