Pyles are supposed to be based on BBR only. (but again since wheaten and bbr roosters are so similar, wheaten roosters can also look 'pyle')
There are two ways to make pyle looking birds, by using blue(the splash version) or dominant white.
Dominant white and blue primarily affect black...
Blue wheatens! We had games when I was a kid, a lot of them were blue wheaten. Thought they were the prettiest chickens.
The blue follows the same pattern as the oft-mentioned "black-blue-splash" except for wheatens it's the same just "wheaten-blue wheaten-splash wheaten". So if you bred the...
Yes. And by the chick down phenotype, if known for the males. If you know a particular black breasted phenotype rooster had sharp clean chimpunk down pattern as a chick you know he is a BBR.. cream with single stripe or none- Wheaten.
Sometimes it is mentioned that a BBR roosters have white...
BBR, red ducking and Light Brown refer to the same gene/color pattern.
Wheaten is another gene.
Partridge is a confusing one as it is very inconsistently used and it appears the term is used for different color/pattern in other countries. Have seen it used for Pencilled or birds with a...