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the duckwing stripe I refer to is located between the wing bow and the flights (the wing bow being that big color sheild on the shoulder). the wing triangle (also known as the wing bay) are the secondary flight feathers which in duckwings and wheatons create a triangle of color. in the crow wing colors this section are solid black (or blue or chocolate, depending).
while the e^b allele is brown and is responsible for the partridge color in wyandottes, brahmas, etc (and for the rare partridge old english bantams found in the U.S. which have already been discussed) The reason I brought up partridge and b.b. red being the same thing is that in the country of origin for the Old English bantam they have what are referred to as black breasted light reds and black brested reds, with the hens either being wheaton, clay, or partridge bred. The partridge bred birds are not e^b, they are e+ (as characterized by the striped chick down) which is what we refer to as b.b. red.
Thanks for the clarification there V-comb, I'll get all this stuff a little at a time, there's a lot of info. to soak up when it comes to these gene subjects. It just amazes me at all the different combos of genes it takes to make somthing that seems as simple as color patterns. All you geneticist keep up the good work it is a very interresting topic to me and I'm sure a lot of chicken enthusiast.
catdaddy
the duckwing stripe I refer to is located between the wing bow and the flights (the wing bow being that big color sheild on the shoulder). the wing triangle (also known as the wing bay) are the secondary flight feathers which in duckwings and wheatons create a triangle of color. in the crow wing colors this section are solid black (or blue or chocolate, depending).
while the e^b allele is brown and is responsible for the partridge color in wyandottes, brahmas, etc (and for the rare partridge old english bantams found in the U.S. which have already been discussed) The reason I brought up partridge and b.b. red being the same thing is that in the country of origin for the Old English bantam they have what are referred to as black breasted light reds and black brested reds, with the hens either being wheaton, clay, or partridge bred. The partridge bred birds are not e^b, they are e+ (as characterized by the striped chick down) which is what we refer to as b.b. red.
Thanks for the clarification there V-comb, I'll get all this stuff a little at a time, there's a lot of info. to soak up when it comes to these gene subjects. It just amazes me at all the different combos of genes it takes to make somthing that seems as simple as color patterns. All you geneticist keep up the good work it is a very interresting topic to me and I'm sure a lot of chicken enthusiast.
catdaddy
