No clue. I only have one hen with it, and I actually quite like it so I'm not focused on erasing it. But logic tells me that breeding her would probably help it stick around. I'm not sure if males can show it or not. Maybe @3KillerBs has encountered it with the australorps?
I'm still trying to figure out my dun/khaki issues in my phoenixes. The closest I've seen in other breeds was a dun and blue, but there should be no blue in my phoenixes
Will chicks that have a dun gene and barring appear to be a type of blue with their down? I have a hen that I thought was dun, and half her chicks appear blue when they shouldn't have any blue genes
My phoenixes have a recessive white that shows up with scattered brown/black and orange feathers on the individuals. Lemme seenif I can find the article I go back to to explain it
Then this hen has to be the mother. This is the only blue bird in this flock. But there is absolutely no reason she should have a single comb gene.
The dad has a single comb, but the mother absolutely should not. The other blue chick has the Pp comb that should have occurred in both.
A lot of the mosaics running around now are very dark. Mine are about a purple mulberry. There isn't much work to keep them rrue to the skin color they were supposed to have