Quick question: I crossed a creole cock over wheaten hen. Several of the roosters that I raised from this mating came as imperfect red laced. Is the young rooster carrying the barred gene?
Thanks! I should have taken a close up of his feathers. Especially in the hackle, the feathers are white underneath, closer to the skin,with pumpkin tips.
The hen does look very similar to the one in your picture.
I am very unfamiliar with chicken color genetics. I have 2 unrelated hens I am curious about. The first I am fairly certain is a a blue splash. She is white with blue and black feathers and came off a yard with a lot of blues. Actually the following hen is the one I am curious about: She is...
A "white" question: Does a single dose of recessive white in a colored hen express itself with white flecks around the head? I have a black shamo hen like this, and also a bronze thai.
Another: Will a double dose of rec. white (in a rooster) still allow 1 or 2 lightly colored feathers? He is...