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.
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@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...