American Gamefowl

[SOHC-FTW]

None of these are mine just quick google search for a few examples. I only have one hen.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Not Wheaton birchen.

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Ah okay, those are some sharp looking birds... I wasn’t aware of those color patterns....

your hen grabbed my eye as a prettier ‘kelso’... but I barely know what that is, other than I recently figured out that we had some kelso hens running around when I was a kid.... I’m always drawn to Wheaton looking varieties.

I was thinking birchen like Dark Brahmas... maybe that’s actually called ‘silver birchen’ or something

Now I gotta go geek out and see if pumpkin is genetically what I think it might be

I know you games fellas don’t get too wrapped up in colors... but color genetics always interested me

 

[SOHC-FTW]

I gave up caring about colors long ago i am far from an expert. With gamefowl all things are possible and things will eventually pop up. Jim bob freshened up his line 25yrs ago then billy bob got a few and something different pops up 5years later it's all to common and happens a lot.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Example my "kelso" that was the point where I was like heck with it I'll never know forsure aslong as they are what I expect I can't complain.

 

[B123]

I’ve wondered the same thing!



Did you mean to type Wheaton rather than birchen? Or is birchen something different in games?

Her color looks wheaton to me too, even though she may have some "pumpkin" in her.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

You can see the obvious neck feather differences between the two and she's also lighter bodied even if you classify that as Wheaton base theirs variations between the two. You got to remember she's a cross not pure and light on pumpkin blood. Had our other threads not shut down her sister was way more pumpkin colored not that any of it truly matters to me.

 

[roosterhavoc]

You can see the obvious neck feather differences between the two and she's also lighter bodied even if you classify that as Wheaton base theirs variations between the two. You got to remember she's a cross not pure and light on pumpkin blood. Had our other threads not shut down her sister was way more pumpkin colored not that any of it truly matters to me.

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She looks like she might be about 1/4 red ranger to me. Just an observation.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Her color looks wheaton to me too, even though she may have some "pumpkin" in her.

I read up a little on the Pumpkin genetics... seems to be a color built on a Wheaton base color locus, with some color restricting genes on top of that...

such as the Dilute gene, and the Cream gene, etc... but basically the exact genes at play are largely unknown...

I read a few times that folks had pumpkin hens that look little or no different than a wheaton bird of a different line but still threw pumpkin male offspring...

...which i suppose is kinda typical of the wheaton base pattern in how it covers up all kinds of things genetically, particularly in the hens

I only read enough to determine that my guess about what pumpkin was genetically speaking was not correct, then I bailed out, lol

 

[SOHC-FTW]

The one I kept is the darker one you see today both full sisters.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Here ya go hillfolk. Finally got it all set up. Classes start at $32 an hour. Refreshments will be provided.

Feather from a black pullet is plenty useful.