They aren't necessarily the closest genetically, but the color genotype is the same. I'd actually consider some gold duckwing gamefowl with slate legs to probably be closer genetically, however, there are so many types of gamefowl it would be hard to pin down which ones.
Is it possible for a yellow legged roo and a slate half Ameraucana mom to have a white legged child somehow?
Yes
That is the expected outcome.
In layman's terms:
Yellow legs means the bird has the yellow skin gene and non-slate gene.
Slate legs means the bird has the white skin gene and the...
@nicalandia
It's been a while since you've been here but I believe you'll come back so it's worth a shot.
I tried contacting Dr. Okimoto about the discrepancy, but he hasn't responded to my emails (I tried different email addresses for him.)
Basically everyone who has been in contact with Dr...
Porcelain always has the gold gene which is why it's yellowish. It doesn't carry it it is homozygous. But Porcelain also is homozygous for the lavender gene which dilutes gold to cream.
Take brown red (red birchen) OEG and select for dark skin, deep red necks, and no breast lacing. This color already exists in Old English and I think it just comes down to selection.
No it's not. Smoky is a rare gene that turns black into grey.
Autosomal red is beige on silver birds.
I think there is more than one gene that causes autosomal red. There is the autosomal red gene and then there are silver hens with brass despite the fact that their male counterparts don't have...