Black To White Experiment

[MysteryChicken]

Well in the article issues such as blindness, hypothyroidism, etc.
Slate colored legs turning white...
And yes, it can reverse to have more pigment once again.

Not really, noticed much in the line of those.

I just note changes based on their nutrition, as I play around with that with them.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Of course yours don't have id+ so you cannot test that.

Mocha, the hen above had a dark wash on her legs at one point. She's got the Charcoal Melanizer.
Her darker brother has Charcoal as well, but no dark wash.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Another thing about this, in one hen(SassyPants)this thing on occasion spontaneously produces a random red feather. This was by her tail last year.

It also increases the amount of Red in her neck. Will have to snag her up for new pictures.

 

[Amer]

Could you open the vitiligo file? I found it to be a fascinating article. Even if your birds do not have it I think it serves as a good point of comparison.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Could you open the vitiligo file? I found it to be a fascinating article. Even if your birds do not have it I think it serves as a good point of comparison.

I can, I may have read it in my research.

 

[MysteryChicken]

And who can say barring wouldn't do that to vitligo when the birds they have with vitiligo don't have barring? No doubt you have discovered a de novo mutation but I don't think you can rule vitiligo out with that evidence?
A better question is do they have funky issues? Because that is definitely a trait of vitiligo.

I'll read more of that later. It's like a more easier to understand version of a study article I read.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Some of my Malays carry the same trait as well. Will try to get pictures.

 

[MysteryChicken]

@Amer
(Don't worry I'm not arguing, just talking a subject that's been gone over before)

Here's one of my Malay Roosters I'm planning on breeding into my Chameleons.

Got a Dun Partridge I'm thinking about using to, but he carries silver, which is something I don't want in the Chameleon line.

 

[MysteryChicken]

@Amer
Trying not to be a pest, wasn't sure if the tag worked.

Shared a Malay Rooster I wanna breed to these with you.

 

[Amer]

I'll read more of that later. It's like a more easier to understand version of a study article I read.

I agree, Sigrid makes it much easier to understand.

@Amer
(Don't worry I'm not arguing, just talking a subject that's been gone over before)

Here's one of my Malay Roosters I'm planning on breeding into my Chameleons.

Got a Dun Partridge I'm thinking about using to, but he carries silver, which is something I don't want in the Chameleon line.
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Sometimes white tips show up in my d'Anvers. They always manifest in different ways in Queeny. It's definitely something I try to breed away from though.