Dominance of wheaten ... (revived)

[Htul]

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.... (well, 19/5/09 over at The Coop,to be precise! )

How did dominant wheaten come about?
Was it noted in chickdown without it being expressed in the adults?

Did any of you cross wheatens to e+ or e^b breeds and get wheaten females?

I know about the melaniser theory.
But which cross with no melanisers involved leads to a wheaten offspring?

Thanks in advance.

A question that has troubled me slightly of late, but:

Seemingly wheaten marans X welsummer should fit the bill! :
http://www.poultrymatters.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1306&start=20 (from a local Australian forum)

True, the adult plumage is only "co-dominant" (but then again, the authors of old always reported the same anyway), but the dominance is evident in chick-down, even in the absence of "restrictors" (though probably in the presence of phaeomelanin enhancers)

Cheers,
htul

 

[Henk69]

OK, we will have to wait what it will become.

 

[nicalandia]

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.... (well, 19/5/09 over at The Coop,to be precise! )
A question that has troubled me slightly of late, but:

Seemingly wheaten marans X welsummer should fit the bill! :
http://www.poultrymatters.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1306&start=20 (from a local Australian forum)

True, the adult plumage is only "co-dominant" (but then again, the authors of old always reported the same anyway), but the dominance is evident in chick-down, even in the absence of "restrictors" (though probably in the presence of phaeomelanin enhancers)

Cheers,
htul

I have always known that eWh is dominant over e+ chick down(if not then they would be recessive wheaten) but one of my ER/eWh cross roo mated to a e+ hen and the only chick I got out of her(which died not long after hatching) looked e+... I may do that cross agai..

 

[Poultriary]

OK, so I have crossed a Wheaten American Game Bantam (F) to a Silver Duckwing AGB (M) and the chicks are feathering out looking very Wheaten. They were yellow with dilute, thin, broken chipmunk pattern and are feathinger out with Wheaten wing feathers.

Is this a sign of dominant Wheaten or will regular Wheaten do this?