Genetics question - blue chick with red spot on head

[ag29ande]

I wanted to run a test hatch for fertility - currently have BBS and chocolate Orpington hens in with a blue, black, and lavender cockerel... From my hatch one of the chicks from the Orpington pen is blue with a red dot on its head .... Is this leakage? Odd recessive gene popping up? This is the first time I've had this pop up! :/

 

[3riverschick]

Looks like tic is missing chick down there. Have the other chicks been pecking it on the head?
Best,
Karen

 

[ag29ande]

That's what I thought at first when I looked at them, but rest assured it's actually red in color.

 

[Wappoke]

I wanted to run a test hatch for fertility - currently have BBS and chocolate Orpington hens in with a blue, black, and lavender cockerel... From my hatch one of the chicks from the Orpington pen is blue with a red dot on its head .... Is this leakage? Odd recessive gene popping up? This is the first time I've had this pop up!

just a wild guess but could be a dark brown restricted chick. Normally the red will show on the face.

 

[junebuggena]

Do you have any barred birds? Some of those chicks have pretty clear head spots.

 

[ag29ande]

No barred birds. The yellow chick and one of the black chicks are from an east Egger hen, the other 4 hatched from my Orpington pen.

 

[Ylva]

I know this is an old post, but I thought I’d ask anyway: Do you have any pics of the grown chicken? I just hatched a similar chick - blue with a red/copper spot on the head. The father is a black copper marans, and the mother is a Brahma/silverudds/mix hen (splash). As chicks, none of them had any copper/red colouring.

 

[Ylva]

Here is a picture of the chick.

 

[phasianidae]

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Here is a picture of the chick.

I've had several chicks med the red spot before, they usually just have a little more red coloring as adults.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I actually have one like that right now. It’s a blue Silkie. The mother is blue Partridge and the father is paint. I figure it’s just a little color coming in from the Partridge side of the family. Will be interesting to see if the spot remains when it feathers out.