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Quote: Thank you! Interesting read; attractive birds. I guess I am still wondering how Queen Silvia ended up as a proposed E-allele, since it seems to be a relatively rare autosexing breed? Is it that "The patternis believed to be a mutation from white Leghorn" ? The queen silvia is a...

Quote: DNA contains the recipe for making a protein. The cell makes the proteins according to the recipe on the DNA. The recipe for making a protein is found in the DNA and is called a gene. So, the color of a chicken is not actually determined by a gene; the protein made from the recipe is...

Quote: Not all black birds have melanotic, some black birds have other genes that produce the same effect. Melanotic is the melanizer that is most often found in chickens. The columbian gene can be found in extended black birds. A breeder does not know if an extended black bird carries the...

Quote: Sonoran, I trust what you say, it could be a typo in the book but it was (e-p) that they had in there. Now I have a question. You said " the E-alleles include only E (extended black), E^R (birchen), e^Wh (wheaten), e+ (wild-type) and e^b (brown). ". What about e^s (Speckled), e^bc or...

Quote: Not golden cuckoo which I believe is barring on a black copper. I will have to read the standard to make sure or see a picture of a bird that meets the standard. From your description, the chick should be wheaten and barred. The bird would be a marbar; a type of autosexing variety. Tim