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    Chicken Breed Focus - Erminette

    Hello, This year we will be conducting a breed census during breeding season to get a good understanding of the total number of birds which are making a genetic contribution to the breed. The census will run from April 1st through May 15th (The census is live now for anyone who wants to get a...
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    Difference between Erminette Breed and Erminette Color?

    Hello, This year we will be conducting a breed census during breeding season to get a good understanding of the total number of birds which are making a genetic contribution to the breed. The census will run from April 1st through May 15th (The census is live now for anyone who wants to get a...
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    Iowa Blues - Breed thread and discussion

    As we've seen over the years, Columbian and Wheaten are still lingering in some individuals and is something that should be culled out. Without a steady understanding of genetics it seems some breeders struggle in identifying it. If you read back about a couple of years on the thread I was...
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    Iowa Blues - Breed thread and discussion

    Of the many years I spent breeding Iowas the following assessment from Wapoke is the closest I came to in my most educated guess concerning the genetic underpinnings of the Iowas - "The E locus is definitely purebred birchen in the male. He is also carrying a restrictor ( the white on his...
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    Iowa Blues - Breed thread and discussion

    gracefarm, do you still have your Sandhill pullets?
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    Iowa Blues - Breed thread and discussion

    Regarding these two pullets, they are exactly what you will see in the 'silver' Iowa if you want the broken penciled pattern of the bottom hen in the picture below the pullets. The silvers which have a nice broken pattern at adulthood possess an autosomal barring at juvenile stage, but the...
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    Iowa Blues - Breed thread and discussion

    Silver chick with darker brown coloration Chestnut colored chick Notice the chestnut color is a richer drown than the silver, also the silver has a light colored streak behind the eye around the ear. The chestnut colored chicks do not. All silver Iowa chicks have the pg gene on the eb...
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    Iowa Blue Chickens - Understanding The Traditional Type

    They'll do just fine with each other. No worries there.
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    Iowa Blue Chickens - Understanding The Traditional Type

    Auntie Moose, Yes that does help......male. Hopefully you don't find that to be too disappointing!
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    Iowa Blue Chickens - Understanding The Traditional Type

    It is enjoyable to see these chestnut colored chicks showing up in your flock Candy. The color is so beautiful and much more rich than the nearly solid brown silvers. When you see it in person you know what I mean. The one of the bottom left and the one at the top center have the modifiers in...
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    Iowa Blue Chickens - Understanding The Traditional Type

    Auntie Moose, I believe this bird is a male, but can't quite see the breast well enough to give you a definitive. At eight weeks old, I've never experienced a female Iowa with a comb that well developed. Good luck with your Iowas.
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    Iowa Blues - Breed thread and discussion

    "Restrictors restrict black pigment to a certain area of a bird." Wappoke - I believe we are working with a restrictor of some sort and not a diluter. What has made this so difficult is that geneticist Phil Sponenberg and other amateur chicken geneticists from Europe believe that it is the...
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    Iowa Blues - Breed thread and discussion

    I've wondered the same thing concerning Db and the lack of solidly autosomal barred individuals. I've had one charcoal male that had a decent amount of autosomal barring at adulthood but didn't express the trait until his adult plumage grew in, which was weird and not "normal' of the gene. Is...
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    Iowa Blues - Breed thread and discussion

    Connie, Yes, my guess is the mossiness is the key to start working in the right direction. Do you remember about a year and a half ago we had some conversation about the mossey females. At this time breeders were still working on the standard birchen color. Kari has mentioned that the mossey...
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    Iowa Blues - Breed thread and discussion

    "This effect is one we're trying to recapture in the present day breed, but would sure be helpful if we understood the underlying pattern responsible for this appearance. The Iowa Blue never was a breed with a single genotype, containing a variance (likely due to the mix-mash-up of modifier...
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