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Interesting. I didn't know the brassiness could be this vivid from sun exposure. He was out in a run this summer with access to sun but has been inside his winter coop now for about a month. I'll see if he molts it out. Thanks for your reply

Oh interesting, that does look really similar. I haven’t yet had any hens that show it—but I fear it’s still under the white genetically so I want to clean it up on the cock I kept before getting too far down the road. Thanks for sharing those pics!

Good point—I’ll do some reading on autosomal red. I’ve been suggested it could be the mahogany gene as well. I’m thinking it’ll take multiple generations of test crosses to clean it up, if it ever happens. Just need some direction to go in!

Hi. Hoping to hear from some genetics minded folks regarding brassy leakage on a white cock bird and how one would go about breeding the leakage out. I have white Araucanas. This male started developing yellow leakage on his back and wing bows at about 6 months of age and the color certainly...