Chicks on e+?

[Hans77]

Meanwhile, I got hold of a pile wyandotte bantam. She has a salmon breast, and I was told she is e+/e+. I was thinking of using her in the crele project too, knowing I only have a 25% chance of having a non-white hen.

 

[nicalandia]

nicalandia, that is why I asked about the chicks being on e+ or not. I bought the rooster abroad, hoping he would breed true.

So far he looks the part(e+/e+) with the F1 chicks you posted, time will tell if he is e+/eb if you ever get a eb/eb chick from him.

 

[nicalandia]

Meanwhile, I got hold of a pile wyandotte bantam. She has a salmon breast, and I was told she is e+/e+. I was thinking of using her in the crele project to, knowing I only have a 25% chance of having a non-white hen.View attachment 1687719

Please post pic of the entire hen!, it depends of she is actually homozygous dominant white(I/I) but most breeders keep them in the heterozygous form(I/i+) to preserve the rich colors, as homozygous white tend to wash out the color too much, so chances are that she is actually I/i+, giving your 50% chance of Crele and 50% white Crele

 

[Hans77]

Here is the entire hen. I didn't have a picture last night, and it was a bit too dark to take one...

 

[nicalandia]

Beautiful! Thanks I believe she is heterozygous dominant white I/i+

 

[Hans77]

So, it would be a good idea to add her to the flock? She would produce 100% e+/e+ chicks (if my rooster is also e+/e+) and I would have a 50% chance for real crele.
What would the other 50%, crele with one dose of dominant white, look like? Any pics of "white crele"?

 

[nicalandia]

So, it would be a good idea to add her to the flock? She would produce 100% e+/e+ chicks (if my rooster is also e+/e+) and I would have a 50% chance for real crele.
What would the other 50%, crele with one dose of dominant white, look like? Any pics of "white crele"?

50% real Crele, but only the females and 50% of them will be white Crele! I don't have any pics of them.

the roosters will only have one copy of the barring gene.

Your project is very similar to the Wybar project going on in the USA, the project is trying to recreate the autosexing Wybar(Silver and Gold), they are based on Silver/Gold Laced Wyandottes with the sex linked barring gene.


Wybar Thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/wybar-thread.859770/page-2

Silver Wybar bantam roo

Some Gold based Wybar bantams

 

[Hans77]

So, these are the chicks I believe to be hens at 4 weeks. Is it turning out alright? Are these the salmon coloured breasts typical of the e+ type?

 

[nicalandia]

Yes I see some Salmon breasts(e+/e+), but some have orange breast? it could be the camara or e+/eb chicks

 

[Hans77]

Yes I see some Salmon breasts(e+/e+), but some have orange breast? it could be the camara or e+/eb chicks

That's true. All chicks are e+/eb, but the fenotypes look different.