Feather color changing!

[Lacy Duckwing]

I know feathers can change abit, whether it's just a couple random (small) white spots, or fading abit is common in 6+ year old chickens. Something I've seen this with my one of my Australorps a few years back.

I didn't know that Australorps fade too. Do they turn grey? Is it just their body, or is it hackles too?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I didn't know that Australorps fade too. Do they turn grey? Is it just their body, or is it hackles too?

A grey, or white spot they will get sometimes when really old. Anywhere on the body.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

A grey, or white spot they will get sometimes when really old. Anywhere on the body.

Oh wow, cool.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Old hens are little bit off topic though.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Old hens are little bit off topic though.

Yeah. I was just wondering if maybe the change of feather color had something to do with your gorgeous hen. But, maybe not?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yeah. I was just wondering if maybe the change of feather color had something to do with your gorgeous hen. But, maybe not?

She's only 2 this year.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Another question: If i have a rooster with green sheen, and the hens that id breed him to don’t have any, would i get chicks with a sheen? Also, i could breed siblings to siblings, just not offspring to parents, right?

 

[Amer]

Another question: If i have a rooster with green sheen, and the hens that id breed him to don’t have any, would i get chicks with a sheen? Also, i could breed siblings to siblings, just not offspring to parents, right?

You could get green sheen. And it doesn’t matter what you breed together and their relations, just know what inbreeding does.
It means that whatever genes your birds have are increased and more often homozygous and enhanced.