Hen Expert Please

[T4tomo]

The only way to stop more of these threads is to Ban Thom(k)


Awful puns aside, yes they have probably cross bred if that is the only cock around and those are definately her eggs

 

[skudupnorth]

I have just been given one of those black cocks Loud buggers ! Could the plumage not change as it gets older or has the hen been a bit frisky with another cock and it's in the genes

 

[hopless500]

They can change colour quite considerably as they grow up.
And she has probably happily incubated someone elses egg for them

 

[Thomk]

They can change colour quite considerably as they grow up.
And she has probably happily incubated someone elses egg for them

It was her eggs, they are quite distinctive.

 

[hopless500]

Could also be a throwback if the cockerel is a mixed breed.