Hey guys,
So I have a bit of a breeding colour question!! I have 2x RIR hens & a 1x Barbu d'Uccle rooster. My girls are the standard "red/brown colour" and my rooster affectionately known as "Nugget" is a beautiful black colour with splashes of green and sometimes what looks like purple. I recently incubated some eggs of theirs and got a nice mix of colours but in the 8 that I hatched 4 of them are completely white I'm wondering if someone can please help me understand where the white comes into the mix, is it from the RIR's. Nugget does have a couple white feathers on his feet but it's not dominant in his body colour could it have come from him
Any information or knowledge on this topic would be incredibly helpful.
Cheers
So I have a bit of a breeding colour question!! I have 2x RIR hens & a 1x Barbu d'Uccle rooster. My girls are the standard "red/brown colour" and my rooster affectionately known as "Nugget" is a beautiful black colour with splashes of green and sometimes what looks like purple. I recently incubated some eggs of theirs and got a nice mix of colours but in the 8 that I hatched 4 of them are completely white I'm wondering if someone can please help me understand where the white comes into the mix, is it from the RIR's. Nugget does have a couple white feathers on his feet but it's not dominant in his body colour could it have come from him
Any information or knowledge on this topic would be incredibly helpful.
Cheers