Cuckoo, cuckoo

This is a 7 day old chick.




That white patch on the top of the head suggests cuckoo colouring -- like its mother.

Notice how their mother has bands of grey and white forming stripes along her feathers.  That's called 'cuckoo'.

Here's the tiny bit I know about genes and colours in chooks...

Because the chicks' father is not cuckoo, if the chicks turn out cuckoo they must be boys.

To get a cuckoo girl both parents must either be cuckoo, or the father cuckoo and the mother carrying but not expressing cuckoo. There, that's everything I know!

If the rain stops tomorrow they may get outside for their first walk on grass and some fresh air.

They will stay close by their mother and learn about the world from her.








And hopefully my new Dine-A-Chook feeding and Wet-A-Chook watering system will arrive!