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Do you what Duckwing is?
That chicken isn't a Duckwing.
Duckwing--
To have coloring in both the wing bow and wing bay while the wing bar is black or white like seen in Black breasted reds and pyles. Unlike a crow-wing which only possesses coloring in the wing bow.
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Chris
Thank you for the opportunity to talk more about chickens. I can never get enough of them
I would like to point out that I did not say 'that chicken is duckwing'. Simply that I found certain feathers intriguing.
I believe you are under the impression that I believe that chicken to be a male. I do not. and would like to point out that the pattern chart you helpfully posted was for MALE chickens. Female duckwings, whether Game, EE, or otherwise, do not have the male pattern. Rather they have dusty greyish feathering in their primaries.
I may have been unclear about what I meant, because my family and I often refer to those female solid grey/brown feathers in the primaries to be 'duckwing'.
Thanks again for the opportunity to talk about chickens. Best subject in the world in my opinion!
I believe you are under the impression that I believe that chicken to be a male. I do not. and would like to point out that the pattern chart you helpfully posted was for MALE chickens.
No, I didn't think that you thought that the chicken was male. The reason that the chart was of a Male is because the Duckwing pattern is only on male fowl. Hens are not duckwing
in pattern.
Rather they have dusty greyish feathering in their primaries
I guess that would depend on the variety.
Chris