Yes, webbed toes are genetic. I am believe it is incompletely dominant or polygenic. The consensus seems to be that it is a dominant gene that has other genes needed in order for it to present. Most commonly feather footed. I am unsure of the other closely related genes at play. In order to...
this guy is super unique.
I would agree he is silver. I don’t see any other way he would get this phenotype considering the breast, light to dark where the black would be wing gradient and black tail color.
i think his cockerel’s tails are interesting. We really only see that lacing affect...
The best salmon faverolles contain Mh. It makes their autosomal red, particularly on the shoulders richer. My understanding is this also influences the tail color on hens and less black will be present due to red being enhanced and turning some of these tail feathers more brown. This assumes no...
This is a great point, insight and test to make. @NatJ are you familiar with any photos of chick down involving both the Homozygous silver gene and MH? Would this down be distinguishable from gold? It appears oftentimes a heterozygous gold shows more gold down than silver in the chick.
Even...
@dheltzel I would love your opinion on the cream legbar Sexlinked Silver vs Gold debate. I have always held the belief of gold myself but recently have doubts.
Starting with Males - A double silver gene will remove the red from the bird. Even at the Bow and shoulders where is it most...
I have a state lab about 15 minutes from me that can do them, and I certainly will should I lose her. No sneezing, no rattles or heavy breathing. Tylosin was going to be my choice however I cannot get it any longer with law changes unfortunately. I think this is one that I am just going to have...
This is really the best I can get of that area, no canker is present now, however even before it was concealed inside like a pocket of growth, which is also where the swollen mass between the wattles. This picture is me pushing on that mass with the beak open. You can see that growth more on the...
1) I have a year old Cream Legbar Hen, about 3.5 lbs , about the same size as her sister who is perfectly fine.
2) she has a swollen eye on the right side of her face. She also has a fairly hard lump in the middle of her two wattles about the size of the end of an average thumb, it is somewhat...