Breeds that have the red pyle coloring

[pbjmaker]

What breeds have the red pyle coloring besides game? I was looking through my new "Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds" and saw the red pyle color and thought HMMM my dirty white bird has that color:

So now I'm thinking could he be a polish crossed with modern game?

 

[tadkerson]

What you are seeing is typical of male birds that only carry dominant white and the gold gene.. One of his parents had a crest for sure and one was dominant white which could have been a red pyle. White laced buff polish carry dominant white- that could have been one parent also.

As he gets older he will add more red.

My two cents

Tim

 

[pbjmaker]

I have noticed that the older he gets - the darker and more red he gets. He is about 12 weeks old in that picture. He also has 2 or 3 black feathers. Very flighty personality - near impossible to catch unless he is sleeping.

 

[pkeeler]

Just to answer the first question, white laced red cornish also have that coloring.