Wow. Dr. Ron Okimoto, the Legend himself. I believe That there are multiple wheaten e alles or multiple genes That affect it's expression as chick down can vary even in the same clutch
Silver is completely dominant over gold as chick down, so male chicks that are S/s+ can look pure Silver until they begin to mature. as they grown their shoulder begins to show red/gold color and then it progresses to the hackle and saddle But shoulders will always be darker in gold coloration...
Should be a rather straight forward project, basically Copper Maran with the sex linked cuckoo/barring gene. If bred for these are also Autosexing in nature. Males are much ligher(almost grey in color) and females dark Brown in color, males having two copies of the sex linked barring gene will...
Are you really Dr. Ronald Okimoto from "The Classroom at the Coop forums"? Poultry Geneticist Supreme. I was just a hatchling when I was reading your amazing posts and responses on that Amazing forum (now defunct) filled with Amazing Poultry enthusiasts. In 2005 transitioned to industry, joining...
Is the Buff Laced also a Brahma?.
Let's say they are Brahma. Buff Laced are Dominant White and Gold Partridge based Laced patter. So(you can enter this on the Chicken calculator). eb/eb, Co/Co, Pg/Pg, Ml/Ml, s+/s+, I/I and Lav+/Lav+
Isabel Brahma are just Lavender diluted Gold Partridge eb/eb...
Looks pretty Birchen(ER) to me, he is ER/e+, I have yet to find a E/e+ that looks Birchen, most of them look pretty solid black or really dark Birchen(no red/golden/Silver Shoulders).