Chicks from speckled hen

[Fancy Feather Poultry]

IS THAT A GOLDEN LACED AMERACAUNA?

 

[speckledhen]

No, he's supposed to be solid black, however, he has inherited some genes that allowed his gold base color to show through the black. It's called incompletely melanised. Although it's very pretty, it isn't supposed to be there.

 

[Fancy Feather Poultry]

Well, I think it would make a great addition to the meracuana color based family.

 

[speckledhen]

He is kind of "sparkly", isn't he?

 

[Fancy Feather Poultry]

Yeah, I think he would make a great new breed.

 

[Frogtown]

What color should I breed him to if I was trying to keep that pattern?

 

[speckledhen]

You got me there! I have no idea how to reliably breed that. He has several black siblings, but none have that pattern. He must have gotten all of theirs, too. Scout has some gold showing in streaks, as you know, but that didnt show up till much later, like perhaps 10 weeks old or older.

 

[Frogtown]

Did I mention that I am also on Dipsy Doodle Doo's list for black/blue/splash ameraucanas?

 

[speckledhen]

You have it bad! You're going to influence me to keep a son of Scout, a blue one, so I can get splashes, too.

 

[SpottedCrow]

They're all beauties.