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Chicks should be mostly white.Can anyone tell me what color chicks I may expect by breeding my blue polish roo to a buff laced polish hen?
Thanks!!
Genetics is so complicated but interesting! If you don't mind me asking, how does black turn into white? And why does buff-laced control that?Chicks should be mostly white.
The Blue Polish will give genes to make black chicks or blue chicks.
The Buff Laced Polish will give a gene that turns black into white.
So the chicks will be mostly white.
They may show some gold or red leakage as they grow up, or they may not. They are likely to have a few black or blue flecks in their white feathers, because the gene turning black to white is a bit leaky when a chicken inherits it from only one parent.
Thanks so much for the info!Chicks should be mostly white.
The Blue Polish will give genes to make black chicks or blue chicks.
The Buff Laced Polish will give a gene that turns black into white.
So the chicks will be mostly white.
They may show some gold or red leakage as they grow up, or they may not. They are likely to have a few black or blue flecks in their white feathers, because the gene turning black to white is a bit leaky when a chicken inherits it from only one parent.
There is a gene called Dominant White. It changes something about the way the chicken's body would make black pigment, so no black is made. With no black pigment, the areas that otherwise would be black are actually white.Genetics is so complicated but interesting! If you don't mind me asking, how does black turn into white? And why does buff-laced control that?
Chicks should be mostly white.
The Blue Polish will give genes to make black chicks or blue chicks.
The Buff Laced Polish will give a gene that turns black into white.
So the chicks will be mostly white.
They may show some gold or red leakage as they grow up, or they may not. They are likely to have a few black or blue flecks in their white feathers, because the gene turning black to white is a bit leaky when a chicken inherits it from only one parent.
After scrolling through the polish threads I’ve just discovered the color chocolate! I’ve never seen this color. Do you know how that could be made??Thanks so much for the info!
Chocolate requires a gene that dilutes black to a brown shade. Other than that, they have the same color genes as blacks.After scrolling through the polish threads I’ve just discovered the color chocolate! I’ve never seen this color. Do you know how that could be made??
I’ve learned more from youChocolate requires a gene that dilutes black to a brown shade. Other than that, they have the same color genes as blacks.
There are two genes that can do it. One is actually called chocolate, the other is called khaki or dun. I think khaki is the one more commonly found in Polish at the present time.
Assuming your current Polish are pure for the genes of their own color varieties, none of them will have the right dilution gene to make chocolate, so you will never get chocolates from them. But if you buy one chocolate Polish you can breed more by crossing to blacks, blues, or some other colors. (You will get other colors too, not just chocolates.)
Then I’ve learned in the last week trying to understand gene charts! Thanks so much!!I’ve learned more from you