Genetics Question from a beginner

[SourRoses]

@nicalandia, can you help with this?

He's taking a vacation from the forum for a while, he said. Hopefully not for too long!

 

[I Like Turkeys]

The hen is obviously a Wheaten mottled, but the rooster looks abit like a White Pumpkin.
Still learning about Pumpkin. If I remember correctly it's not fully understood, & is possibly another Allele in the Wheaten Gene.

I think White Pumpkin is just Dominant White X Pumpkin(Not 100% sure though).

So, those bred together will make split mottled Wheatens, possibly pumpkins, & White Pumpkins.

This isn't a color I specialize in, so if anything is incorrect can be corrected.

From what i've heard of the pumpkin gene, it is an incompletely dominant dilution gene, behaving similarly to blue. It shows up much better on males, and turns black to red.
It can be on any e-allele, wheaten is just the most common to be on.

Heterozygous form affects black, turning it to a "pumpkin" color. It doesn't turn all black areas solid reddish though, and tails are prone to black leakage as well as the wings.
In homozygous form, it acts like splash. The entire bird(gold and black areas) is lightened, sometimes a little less so, sometimes to the point where the bird is almost completely white.

I also do not specialize in this color in the slightest, this is just what i've heard of it.
I have zero clue what other genes these birds may have, but if we're operating on the idea they may solely have pumpkin, the male is probably homozygous on the wheaten allele and the female may be heterozygous for pumpkin.
Their babies will be very pretty either way though.

 

[MysteryChicken]

In homozygous form, it acts like splash

I heard something similar like that about Khaki. Don't recall it with pumpkin though.
Interesting.

 

[Gavacho]

From what i've heard of the pumpkin gene, it is an incompletely dominant dilution gene, behaving similarly to blue.

Thank you very much for the info!