ISA Brown X ISA Brown - what will the chicks be?

[SkyAJK]

Hi,
I have a few ISA Brown chickens in my flock and 1 is an ISA Brown rooster. He mated with an ISA Brown hen, she was 5 months into her contraceptive Suprelorin Implants, but she has started laying eggs again.

My Wyandotte has been broody for sometimes and so to give her a break from egg laying I gave her 1 egg from my isa brown hen that is on contraceptive injection X isa brown rooster. This egg was in the refrigerator for over a week. I thought this egg is no longer able to develop as it was in the refrigerator for awhile, but this morning came a baby chick, puffy and bright yellow colour. I only see a little bit of it as my hen was showing protective behaviour.

I read some posts that the offspring of isa brown X isa brown will not be sexlink.
Is there anyway of knowing this chick gender?
What is this offspring of ISA Brown X ISA Brown like?

Anyone have this experience that can share with me please?
Thanks.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Hi,
I have a few ISA Brown chickens in my flock and 1 is an ISA Brown rooster. He mated with an ISA Brown hen, she was 5 months into her contraceptive Suprelorin Implants, but she has started laying eggs again.

My Wyandotte has been broody for sometimes and so to give her a break from egg laying I gave her 1 egg from my isa brown hen that is on contraceptive injection X isa brown rooster. This egg was in the refrigerator for over a week. I thought this egg is no longer able to develop as it was in the refrigerator for awhile, but this morning came a baby chick, puffy and bright yellow colour. I only see a little bit of it as my hen was showing protective behaviour.

I read some posts that the offspring of isa brown X isa brown will not be sexlink.
Is there anyway of knowing this chick gender?
What is this offspring of ISA Brown X ISA Brown like?

Anyone have this experience that can share with me please?
Thanks.

You will have to juse wait until the comb develops in 6 or so weeks to tell. It will probably just be a white/reddish chicken. The traits that males and females get from such a cross will go to some of each sex, not a specific sex like it did with their parents

 

[SkyAJK]

Thanks. It is an anxious wait.
Will the feather be able to tell whether it is a boy/girl?
I got a very strong pecked by mother hen when I tried to see the baby chick again.
I don't want another rooster so I hope that it is a hen.

 

[Slicker chicker]

Thanks. It is an anxious wait.
Will the feather be able to tell whether it is a boy/girl?
I got a very strong pecked by mother hen when I tried to see the baby chick again.
I don't want another rooster so I hope that it is a hen.

What did it turn out to be?

 

[SkyAJK]

The chick is of Isa brown x Isa brown, it is completely white in colour.
It is now 4 weeks old, the tail is starting to grow a week ago, the comb also & yellow in colour, NO wattle showing yet, feather growing on wings and sides, not not on the neck yet. It is quite tall, active, vocal and I think it might be a boy. But as it is a Isa brown x Isa brown, I read that it will not give true ISA brown characteristics, and that it can be anything of the breeds that made up ISA brown.
I will update later.

 

[SkyAJK]

The chick is now 10 weeks old, and it is a hen. She has white feather, calm, friendly, and has recently started to communicate. She makes soft sound. I will update this post here and there so that if anyone looking to find out what Isa Brown X Isa Brown chick is like

 

[SkyAJK]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/5-weeks-old-is-it-a-hen-or-a-rooster.1641714/

 

[SkyAJK]

I am excited to report that my cute hen from Isa BrownXIsa Brown is investigating the nest box, so she is at that time discovering her super power..poop breakfast.

Her name is Adzuki, the red bean. She is calm, confidence, aloner, and she looks like an angel. She comes when her name is call, and she let me pick her up, but she does not like to be held.
I will post a photo of her whenever she stands still enough to take it.

 

[ChookaPete]

I am excited to report that my cute hen from Isa BrownXIsa Brown is investigating the nest box, so she is at that time discovering her super power..poop breakfast.

Her name is Adzuki, the red bean. She is calm, confidence, aloner, and she looks like an angel. She comes when her name is call, and she let me pick her up, but she does not like to be held.
I will post a photo of her whenever she stands still enough to take it.

Awww! I'd love to see some pictures of Adzuki!

 

[SkyAJK]

@ChookaPete
Here is an updated link
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...and-lay-dark-brown-egg.1651413/#post-28376858