cinnamoncockatiel
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This thread is interesting.
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I knew who the father was because the hen was an olive egger and so was the new rooster I placed her with. While the original rooster was a white leghorn and all the chicks were coming out white.
There are some not-white chickens that can produce all-white chicks when they are crossed.
Do you have a picture of the olive egger hen and rooster that were involved?
lemme find a picture. I only had 3 olive eggers and they each laid a different shade and the white chicks only came out of one of the shade of olive eggs.
If that's the rooster, and if all 3 olive eggers looked the same, then I don't see how any of them would have produced all-white chicks. If the chicks from one hen were white all over, then I see why you think a different rooster was the father--that's what I would think too
(It's possible that both parents had the gene for recessive white, but in that case only about 1/4 of their chicks should be all white, and it sounds like you were finding a lot more than that.)
If that's the rooster, and if all 3 olive eggers looked the same, then I don't see how any of them would have produced all-white chicks. If the chicks from one hen were white all over, then I see why you think a different rooster was the father--that's what I would think too
(It's possible that both parents had the gene for recessive white, but in that case only about 1/4 of their chicks should be all white, and it sounds like you were finding a lot more than that.)
You'll have to use the same clb male as well for that test to workI really think the father was my white leghorn and his sperm just lasted that long.
Because the chicks would either be full white or some would come out almost white but with a hint of a chipmunk color. Those OE were chipmunk color when they were chicks.
But I guess that’s a test I’ll have to do one day with another rooster. Or better yet this spring I’ll hatch some more OE eggs from the same hens and if some still turn out white then I’ll conclude it was a recessive gene since my white leghorn roo has gone to rooster heaven.