Albino chick

[KentuckyRooster]

My kids used to raise mice, and it didn't seem that the albino mice had any trouble seeing. What does pigment or eye color have to do with sight?

I raise mice, and pink eyed white ("albino") mice do have poorer eyesight but mice in general see very poorly so it isn't obvious. Rats which have pink eyes are the same and will often sway their head to bring things into focus. In leopard geckos, pink eyed animals exposed to bright light will usually tightly shut their eyes until it dims, it is very painful. They can go permanently blind if kept under bright light constantly.

 

[ronott1]

He is looking good!

 

[SueT]

Here's a fairly long 2015 thread about 2 albino chicks, they were Orpingtons named Allie and Bino. The OP hasn't been on this site for 2 years tho.
The cockerel was too aggressive and he rehomed it to another BYC member who also had albinos. She too has not been on BYC for 2 yrs.
The pullet had white ears, but laid brown eggs as you'll see if you follow the thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/allie-bino-the-albino-orpington-chicks.966192/
here's a screen shot from the OP's photos, this was Allie:

 

[Kessel23]

I live very far from it, but as of yet, I can imagine buying it sometime in the future. It's just so unusual.

I think I would want it even more if it turns out to be a rooster; I guess that would increase the chances of the descendants becoming albino.

If albino chickens are anything like other albino animals then it is a recessive trait, none of this birds offspring will be albino if he is bred to a non albino hen but all of his kids will be het for albino, so if his kids bred to another albino or another albinos kids then you could get more albino chicks. If you bred this guy to another albino then you would get only albino chicks.

 

[lazy gardener]

Egg color should not enter into the equation b/c brown egg shell pigment is derived from break down of RBC.

 

[CapricornFarm]

My albino quail laid an egg yesterday but likely not fertile since she has been alone for a while.

 

[SueT]

My albino quail laid an egg yesterday but likely not fertile since she has been alone for a while.

Can you post a pic of your quail?

 

[CapricornFarm]

I will try to get a picture. Poor thing is not pretty though, it had gotten picked on some.

 

[Henrik Petersson]

Sad update: Little "Albin" is dead. He was cast out, almost blind, was incessantly pecked on by the ducks, and eventually sustained a large wound by the beak. So the owned euthanized him.

 

[ronott1]

Sad update: Little "Albin" is dead. He was cast out, almost blind, was incessantly pecked on by the ducks, and eventually sustained a large wound by the beak. So the owned euthanized him.

How Sad!