Creating Experimental Black Crele Chickens (Different Genetics, new variety)

[HuffleClaw]

I can see that. I like the shiny feathers.

Thank you!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you!

You're welcome.
Those pullets of mine are so wild, I have to chase them around the coop just to grab them up.

 

[The Moonshiner]

They resemble the Red Jungle Fowl more then OEGB.

What are you seeing to say that?
What are you seeing that resembles a RJF?
Do you know how rare true RJF are?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Looks like a Moorhead blue partridge with recessive white in the neck.

Recessive white in the neck?? I was of the impression that recessive white only appears if the bird has two copies of the gene.

Here's my mystery pullets.
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OEGB mixes

 

[keesmom]

Recessive white in the neck?? I was of the impression that recessive white only appears if the bird has two copies of the gene.

And the whole bird would be white.

OEGB mixes

Agreed.

 

[The Moonshiner]

And the whole bird would be white.

Ya I read it as recessive white meaning not dominate white not necessarily one copy of recessive white.
That's the part that caught my eye. Recessive white makes the whole bird white. Can't just put recessive white in different places on a bird and leave color in others.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Recessive white in the neck?? I was of the impression that recessive white only appears if the bird has two copies of the gene.

OEGB mixes

All silkies have recessive white in their genetics, it can appear as leakage in any colored variety.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The guy I got these fowl from only had this type of fowl, no other types to cross with. So they're purebred. He ended up with an explosion of chicks, so he was giving them away for free.

 

[centrarchid]

Why do I appear to be tagged in this thread?

 

[keesmom]

All silkies have recessive white in their genetics, it can appear as leakage in any colored variety.

Uh, what? Recessive white does not "leak" into certain parts of a colored bird. If a bird has 2 copies of recessive white then it is white. If is has just one then it remains hidden.

As for silkies, if they all carry recessive white then 25% of the offspring from every breeding would be solid white, regardless of the parents' varieties. I doubt that is the case.