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    Partly paralyzed / injured? chick

    Thank you for your response and the links. I already checked the legs over and over, and I can see nothing wrong with the shanks, toes or joints. Nothing's bent or swollen, nor turned sideways, the leg bones are all straight and the joints behave normally when I manually move them. It just seems...
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    Partly paralyzed / injured? chick

    After tons of lurking I have finally decided to ask you for help, because I'm all out of ideas. I have a langshan chick at 8 weeks old that can barely walk. It's always putting the left leg ahead and pulling the right leg from behind to stumble forward. I noticed it ~2 weeks ago when I was in...
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    What genes are at play here? Royal Palm

    Thank you!
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    What genes are at play here? Royal Palm

    These are the hens:
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    What genes are at play here? Royal Palm

    I have this beautiful turkey I hatched from Royal Palm eggs I bought on ebay last year. As expected they started all white as chicks, but now the hens look like normal royal palms and the three toms became a lot darker in color than what you'd expect from a Royal Palm. So, are here other genes...
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    Mottled chickens changing appearance over time - photos?

    Thanks for the update! How old was she in the first post's photo vs now? Beautiful color by the way.
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    Mottled chickens changing appearance over time - photos?

    Less mottling? That's interesting! I also read in your thread about your chameleons, very bizarre. Could you already rule out the mottled gene? They look like their white spots are coming from the base of the feathers, aren't they? So basically quite the opposite of mottled?
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    Mottled chickens changing appearance over time - photos?

    This helps a lot! :goodpost: The adult plumage of your java really didn't change as much as I imagined after reading all this stuff. I think my concern about eventually ending up with a white bird when getting a mottled was a bit exaggerated. Thank you:)
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    Mottled chickens changing appearance over time - photos?

    Thanks for the links! Especially the second one, that's exactly what I've looked for! I wonder why this phenomenon isn't more documented though, considering the gene is quite common among all sorts of breeds? That drastic change from juvenile to adult plumage is not so much different from my...
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    Mottled chickens changing appearance over time - photos?

    I've read this in several books and online articles about chicken colors in general, but also from breeders talking about their specific breeds. Some of which I remember where Cochin, Polish, Houdan and Austrian Steinpiperl.
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    Mottled chickens changing appearance over time - photos?

    From what I've read it's common knowledge among breeders that mottled chickens are "going gray" with every molt and become increasingly more spotted as they get older, but I never had any myself. Some sources state after some years you'll have an almost fully white chicken, while someone else...
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    Hi, I love chickens... And genetics!

    Hello guys, excited to be here... I'm lurking for quite a long time now, and usually I don't ever post anything myself on any social media... But I have so many unaswered questions and thought I might give it a try this time. I'm 25 years old, from Germany and I'm relatively new to chickens...
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