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Oh now that's cool

Makes sense. Last thing - barred white birds. Obviously a possibility, right? That you could have a white chicken, who would have a copy of the barring gene, but wouldn't visually appear to because it would blend in with the overall color.

Oh got it. Okay, I obviously knew the difference in appearance between BR sexes, but didn't attribute it to one having an extra copy. This makes sense. So what about cuckoo? Is that the barred gene but with some sort of modifier present that makes it more blended with the black, or is it...

As usual, my favorite time on BYC is reading Nats knowledge. I was referring to the rooster here (barred) and him being bred with another hen - which is what the Mille Fleur example is in OP's post I suppose. Ok - so potentially, a rooster who has two barring copies could produce 100% barred...

Oh boy, this is a tough one. Genetically, Cuckoo (as these are) and barring are when things seem to get tricky. I THINK his color would be called cuckoo red duckwing, but I won't say that for sure. Here is the person who will absolutely have the answers. @NatJ If you bred the cuckoo rooster...