So hello everyone. I just recently maid a post asking for people who have had a black sex link roo born without a white dot on top of its head. That was just as all black as the rest of the day old females. Now obviously I'm asking about an anomaly in chicken genetics where what is normally know about a topic does not apply to the situation.
I had someone over and over and over and over repeat what the norm was for black sex links. roos have a white dot on top of its head and females don't. And then all so kept saying that all barred roos are born with a white dot on there head repeatedly.
Now i have Barred Cochin's that are a cpl months older than my black sex links. I ordered 11 one roo and 10 females. Like always an extra was sent so i bought that one also. One roo had been clearly marked on its head and i later found another with the slightest of paint noticeable on its head. GREAT ANOTHER ROO> so since the 2ND had slipped his paint by me i looked extra good at all the rest of the chicks and no more had any paint. So roos are grey , pullets are black in Cochin's. well my lil guys were just as black as the girls and didn't get noticeable Grey till there feather started to come in. Sure enough after the feathers come in i have 3 ROOS not 2. well the point to all of this is 2 of these 'BARRED" roos didn't have any white on there head and the 3rd had only the slightest amount of white around its comb with the other two defiantly not having any white on there head and surely no dot.
So obviously all barred roos arnt born with a dot on there head.
My first post asked if anybody else out there had found a Black sex link roo that snuck past them because it didn't have a dot on its head and looking like a female till its adult feathers started to come in as it matured. How long did it take for him to get the barred feathers to come in to where he looks obviously different than the females.
And really i would like to hear of anybody who has gotten a strange anomaly in breeding where they thought for sure the chickens would only come out a certain way, BUT HEY hear i got a strange looking anomaly with the parents both being pure bread and of the same variety.
Thanks for your time everyone.
I had someone over and over and over and over repeat what the norm was for black sex links. roos have a white dot on top of its head and females don't. And then all so kept saying that all barred roos are born with a white dot on there head repeatedly.
Now i have Barred Cochin's that are a cpl months older than my black sex links. I ordered 11 one roo and 10 females. Like always an extra was sent so i bought that one also. One roo had been clearly marked on its head and i later found another with the slightest of paint noticeable on its head. GREAT ANOTHER ROO> so since the 2ND had slipped his paint by me i looked extra good at all the rest of the chicks and no more had any paint. So roos are grey , pullets are black in Cochin's. well my lil guys were just as black as the girls and didn't get noticeable Grey till there feather started to come in. Sure enough after the feathers come in i have 3 ROOS not 2. well the point to all of this is 2 of these 'BARRED" roos didn't have any white on there head and the 3rd had only the slightest amount of white around its comb with the other two defiantly not having any white on there head and surely no dot.
So obviously all barred roos arnt born with a dot on there head.
My first post asked if anybody else out there had found a Black sex link roo that snuck past them because it didn't have a dot on its head and looking like a female till its adult feathers started to come in as it matured. How long did it take for him to get the barred feathers to come in to where he looks obviously different than the females.
And really i would like to hear of anybody who has gotten a strange anomaly in breeding where they thought for sure the chickens would only come out a certain way, BUT HEY hear i got a strange looking anomaly with the parents both being pure bread and of the same variety.
Thanks for your time everyone.
