I have never been a fan of white chickens...that is until I got one. Last summer I hatched out a random white cockerel from a BBRed hen and a ER/e+ cockbird. Both parents just happen to carry a recessive white gene which I was not aware of. I kept the white cockerel, who turned out to be stellar as far as size and type, so I bred him back to his mother this year and have hatched out 75% white chicks and 25% golden duckwing. Most of the white chicks from this pair have willow legs (the breeding cock has yellow legs). The breeding cock also shows some brassiness in a pattern consistent with a duckwing pattern.
So now that I like white birds I want to make a "correct" white bird, something I can show. Am I correct is assuming I need to add dominant white to these recessive white birds to achieve this? I am looking to correct the leg color to yellow and eliminate brassiness. In a few weeks I am meeting with a breeder from Ohio and we are going to trade birds. She has a dominant white pullet I'll be trading for a mottled pair. If this is not the path I need to take for a correct, showable white bird please guide me in the right direction. Thanks!
**If it matters, I have sold the original white cockbird and retaining three of his sons for grow outs (two with yellow legs, one with willow legs).
So now that I like white birds I want to make a "correct" white bird, something I can show. Am I correct is assuming I need to add dominant white to these recessive white birds to achieve this? I am looking to correct the leg color to yellow and eliminate brassiness. In a few weeks I am meeting with a breeder from Ohio and we are going to trade birds. She has a dominant white pullet I'll be trading for a mottled pair. If this is not the path I need to take for a correct, showable white bird please guide me in the right direction. Thanks!
**If it matters, I have sold the original white cockbird and retaining three of his sons for grow outs (two with yellow legs, one with willow legs).
