Black crested White Polish

[ElPaso]

More variation

 

[ElPaso]

I'm not sure how many genes are involved in either of this, but it is reasonable that they are related.

 

[Amer]

Oof. I thought these were wheaten based. My mistake. I will have to fix my explanation to someone.

 

[NagemTX]

I'm not sure how many genes are involved in either of this, but it is reasonable that they are related.

Moorhead seams to be the cha(charcoal) gene on partridge. This is per another thread on the site from 2012 when someone was asking if we had the moorhead coloration here in the states.

 

[Amer]

I have a question. Is moorhead like in silkies caused by the same gene combo that gives us the black crested whites in polish?

It is caused by charcoal, yes

 

[ElPaso]

It is caused by charcoal, yes

Don't make assumptions about which e alleles are making the best BCW. My birds have at least eb, ER and ewh. Charcoal may be the gene that makes BCW but as far as I know it not been mapped.

 

[ElPaso]

Oof. I thought these were wheaten based. My mistake. I will have to fix my explanation to someone.

I think the best ones are ewh based

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That last one is adorable, even if it's very wrong looking

 

[I Like Turkeys]

I have a question. Is moorhead like in silkies caused by the same gene combo that gives us the black crested whites in polish?

I don’t know that it’s the exact same combo? Could be, if not for the breeding IdealPoultry did that impacted most of the population. I mostly think this because of the BCW silkies I’ve heard of have always been more partridgey, and often molt out the black(these were from one breeder), whereas all the BCW polish I’ve owned, and most I’ve seen apart from ElPaso’s, are very spangled looking. Seems to hint at a different combination of genes.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Truth be told, I unfortunately had to part with all my BCW in May.

DV situation led to me leaving my home super quick, and then there was the threat of all my birds dying if they got left there, plus not knowing if I’d get to go back, so I had rehomed everything I owned in about a 24 hour time span. BCWs went to a very kind breeder in South FL who already had a small flock of her own. Now that I’m settled again, I have a few birds back, but not the BCWs.

Hopefully I’ll be able to get eggs to restart my flock soon, maybe sometime this fall, or by latest in the Springtime.

Still stand by the fact I want to keep breeding BCWs. Just being slowed down by tricky life situations. I’m hoping to get back into it soon enough, I miss these cool birds already.