buff birds must carry the recessive gold allele to be buff, The other option is to carry the silver allele. the silver allele would produce a white bird with some black in the tail.
the nearly white birds would be silver. The barring gene would show in any black feathers in the tail or wings...
Lemon cuckoo is a buff orpngton that is barred. The lemon phenotype (the birds color) is due to the interaction of 5 different genes. Will not go there.
lemon male x buff female= lemon females and dark lemon males
lemon male ( parent) x lemon female (offspring) = all lemon offspring
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