How common are off-color sports? (Dark Cornish)

[Redhead Rae]

I think I have a white sport from my LF Dark Cornish breeders.

This is what my Dark Cornish chicks usually look like.

This is what the suspected sport looks like right now. It is only 3 days old at the moment, but the wings are coming in white.

I'm really excited and hope this baby is a cockerel. I have a White Cornish pullet I hatched from shipped eggs earlier this year. I did have a cockerel as well, but he committed suicide by stupidity.

 

[Redhead Rae]

@Molpet @KikisGirls

 

[Kiki]

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He is cute!
Is this possible?
I do not know.

 

[Redhead Rae]

He is cute!
Is this possible?
I do not know.

I showed the breeder from whom I got my trio and he suggested the idea. He's had one white sport from his Dark Bantams. It has to be recessive white, because dominant wouldn't be hidden under Dark.

 

[Kiki]

I showed the breeder from whom I got my trio and he suggested the idea. He's had one white sport from his Dark Bantams. It has to be recessive white, because dominant wouldn't be hidden under Dark.

Sweet!
I want to keep an eye on this guy! Thanks for tagging me.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Sweet!
I want to keep an eye on this guy! Thanks for tagging me.

I figured you'd want to watch. I know how closely you follow the White Cornish thread.

 

[Kiki]

I figured you'd want to watch. I know how closely you follow the White Cornish thread.

I will have white Cornish and maybe dark one day.

 

[Molpet]

yep it is interesting how those sports pop up
I think that's how they started white plymouth rocks

 

[Redhead Rae]

yep it is interesting how those sports pop up
I think that's how they started white plymouth rocks

That is how Delawares got started.

"In the early 20th century, crosses of Barred Plymouth Rock roosters on New Hampshire hens was a common choice for producing broilers. Occasionally, this mating produces sports with light coloration. By breeding these white (genetically silver) sports intentionally, George Ellis of Delaware created the breed in 1940."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_chicken

 

[Redhead Rae]

Looks like Sport isn’t going to be completely white. Oh well, we’ll see how things go.