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That wouldn’t explain the rose comb. Was the “d’Uccle” the father by chance?That’s butter, she’s a D’Uccle Cochin cross. 4 toes. Her babies were crossed with my silver laced polish. Those are the speckled ones. I have one polish/Silkie cross out there.
Don’t know. The person I bought her from 6 years ago said that’s what she was.That wouldn’t explain the rose comb. Was the “d’Uccle” the father by chance?
Yup, still no answer why she’s switched from brown to green. We need a geneticist.7 pages deep and
Ok I know one. @aartYup, still no answer why she’s switched from brown to green. We need a geneticist.
Nope.Wanna say it again?
I've read a fair bit about genetics, and I've never seen anything that would explain this. A hen's genes make her able to lay eggs of a certain color. Her genes do not change during her lifetime, so her egg color should not be able to change either.Yup, still no answer why she’s switched from brown to green. We need a geneticist.
I get my birds from there too, and I would really doubt that's what happened. Before this year, you couldn't order the "Heritage" breeds with any other breeds, which made me think they kept them in separate facilities.Maybe this got put in accidentally
https://www.rochesterhatchery.com/Poultry/heritagebreeds/AMER