Chimerism is always something I've thought is so cool! The idea of having two different sets of genetics in one body is just amazing to think about. We still haven't figured out how the body is able to sustain both of the genetic codes without rejecting one of them- but the concept of chimerism...
This is the daughter in question, here to expand on the subject a little bit. This baby came out of the nest of one of my special hens that I've been working on Showmanship training with, her name is Banana. She was a first time nester and was unsurprisingly quite bad at incubating her eggs. Her...