EE With one Blue Leg and one Green Leg !! UPDATED PICS Page 4

[Kev]

It's a form of piebaldism. Involves irregularities in the pigment cell migration in the layer that goes towards the eyes some other organs that use melanin(from the pigment cells) etc in the embryo- if it's slow or fails in migrating to an eye.. it will blue. Overly simplistic but that's the general idea. If I didn't have that, both of my eyes would be green but also alternatively, it could have been slow to both eyes, making both eyes blue. Also in many cases it's an autosomal dominant gene but with highly variable expression, of course. I'm the only one in whole family so perhaps it's a new mutation in me..

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

That is just cool! I think she is a keeper

 

[Krys109uk]

Wow Kev, how interesting. Thanks for explaining.

 

[Kirtusjon]

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You have a chimera!!

Thank you. I could not remember. zygote is the egg sperm after they come togather then, Maybe???

Also she looks th same on both sides, just diferent at the legs as far as I can tell.

 

[montcapu]

that is a neat chicken for sure

 

[Debi214]

Loving it

 

[Kirtusjon]

SEE IF THESE ARE BETTER

She is so calm and easy going too.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I think that half of each egg will be blue and the other half green--every day

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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When I was pregnant I had a strong aversion to the smell and taste of chicken--and that was back before I owned chickens and stopped eating them.

 

[Mahonri]

Keep us updated on this hen.. AND the color of her eggs.

HOW FUN!!!