eclectic-em
Songster
Hello! Warning: genetics questions!
I've got a mystery chicken and have been obsessing over chicken genetics trying to figure out what breeds my boy may be. He's got a cushion comb and came from a green egg so the mother must have had the pea comb gene and roo probably had a rose comb.
That's all I've got. And somehow they don't get genetic parentage tests for chickens yet?! Honestly tragic just because I'm too curious. So anyway, in my question to learn more about my Georgie I was hoping I could get some assistance with defining his shank/feet coloring, primary, and secondary feather colors. I'm really not great with determining colors, not just for chicken appearances, so I would appreciate any input!
I think he has white shanks (or dusky white, there are a lot of different charts with different descriptions), and then I'm at a total loss on the color descriptions. It's not entirely important but it's fascinating and I hope to breed him with my variety of ladies eventually and knowing what genotypes he may have would make it all the more fun. I'm curious how to describe his tail feathers as well, it's been so interesting to watch them change. Anyway, here are pics of my dude!
Thank you for your time and any input you may have!
Yesterday, 17 weeks old.
(this was a couple weeks ago ~14/15 weeks old)
Bad quality picture because he was sitting so funny I didn't want to get any closer so he wouldn't more before I snapped the picture LOL
Edit: Silly me, I have some feathers from him I'll post below and the egg he hatched from.
I've got a mystery chicken and have been obsessing over chicken genetics trying to figure out what breeds my boy may be. He's got a cushion comb and came from a green egg so the mother must have had the pea comb gene and roo probably had a rose comb.
That's all I've got. And somehow they don't get genetic parentage tests for chickens yet?! Honestly tragic just because I'm too curious. So anyway, in my question to learn more about my Georgie I was hoping I could get some assistance with defining his shank/feet coloring, primary, and secondary feather colors. I'm really not great with determining colors, not just for chicken appearances, so I would appreciate any input!
I think he has white shanks (or dusky white, there are a lot of different charts with different descriptions), and then I'm at a total loss on the color descriptions. It's not entirely important but it's fascinating and I hope to breed him with my variety of ladies eventually and knowing what genotypes he may have would make it all the more fun. I'm curious how to describe his tail feathers as well, it's been so interesting to watch them change. Anyway, here are pics of my dude!
Thank you for your time and any input you may have!
Yesterday, 17 weeks old.
(this was a couple weeks ago ~14/15 weeks old)
Bad quality picture because he was sitting so funny I didn't want to get any closer so he wouldn't more before I snapped the picture LOL
Edit: Silly me, I have some feathers from him I'll post below and the egg he hatched from.
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