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Ok first, thank you Mary for defining what Sigrid meant!
And to Notafarm, you didn't miss that conversation with Sigrid saying she had no mottled Icelandics, it was not a conversation that was on BYC, so thanks for asking your questions.
In my own birds I have Icelandic's hatched from Marys eggs that were pure RALA from Sigrid. I have no birds with any mottling at all in that collection, just as Sigrid said.
My first birds were Lyhle Behl birds and they are loaded with Mottling.
This question was actually not about Icelandics in general, but about the two lines in relation to what I have here.
I was asking Kathyinmo, because I have a beautiful group of her birds that she was so sweet and kind to send to me. I have mottle birds among them.
Since there were no mottled birds in my RALA lines it lead me to ask the posted question, since I thought I understood that her original birds came from Mary the same as mine. There are all sorts of odd genetic things, such as masking genes, that cover existing recessive or dominant genes. Some white chickens, for instance, are actually black masked genes, meaning if you removed the masking gene you would have a black bird. I am sort of a genetics geek, and I love learning about genes and learning by observing, since I am thinking about these things, obsessive compulsively blessed as I am, I can't help but loving to follow the genetic trail of bread crumbs. The awesome thing about genes is they tell a definite story. And its fun to discuss that story with people who share the interest!
Once again thanks for asking!
Andy in Fredericksburg
I saw someone( HappyChooks I think) wrote something way back mentioning that Icelandic black must be reccesive, Ici appears to be a red birchen with one copy of dominant white, so that is how Kola got her color.
I'd love to learn more about this, can you explain it in English?
