Is it just a mutt? Pic Added!

[friedeggs]

1997

Here is the roo in question. He doesn't look excellent, he just went through a molt. Tell me what you think!

wow! dilute that with lavender
Red shouldered/back grey ... autosomal red @ play
calico like the cat color is three colors. Black and white clearly defined w/ a third color. What do the wing look like?​

 

[E.M. Silkies]

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wow! dilute that with lavender
Red shouldered/back grey ... autosomal red @ play
calico like the cat color is three colors. Black and white clearly defined w/ a third color. What do the wing look like?

I am about to show my stupidity here... But what is autosomal red?

I'll get a pic of his wing to show you. What would the lavender do?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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OK Yeah I believe that is what they call Calico. When I went to Boggy Bottom Bantams' house he had a roo that looked like that and he said it was a Calico.

Here is an old thread I found with a Calico. Its the 7th one down. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=370305&p=1

That is NOT a calico. Calico are splash plus red.

 

[E.M. Silkies]

Then what is he? Just a mutt?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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wow! dilute that with lavender
Red shouldered/back grey ... autosomal red @ play
calico like the cat color is three colors. Black and white clearly defined w/ a third color. What do the wing look like?

He sort of looks like he might be golden plus autosomal red. Would be nice to see spread wings, underfluff, etc.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote:
wow! dilute that with lavender
Red shouldered/back grey ... autosomal red @ play
calico like the cat color is three colors. Black and white clearly defined w/ a third color. What do the wing look like?

I am about to show my stupidity here... But what is autosomal red?

I'll get a pic of his wing to show you. What would the lavender do?

Lavender dilutes both colours of pigment. Imagine his colouring diluted to a pale pastel; THAT is what lavender would do

Autosomal red is red pigment added by a gene or genes (not well understood or agreed upon) that adds red to gender colour areas. In the case of the bird in question, the red wings and shoulders.

 

[friedeggs]

no, I think it depends on what you may want to do w/ him. Take a look at the self blue/lavender thread and look up Brodys broodello. Maybe work towards what she calls salmon. Which I think is an enhanced wheaten
The birds mother is from my stock. And I think she said she bred her to a red looking partridge.

 

[RAREROO]

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OK Yeah I believe that is what they call Calico. When I went to Boggy Bottom Bantams' house he had a roo that looked like that and he said it was a Calico.

Here is an old thread I found with a Calico. Its the 7th one down. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=370305&p=1

That is NOT a calico. Calico are splash plus red.

Ok This is usually why I stay out of Silkie related threads, there is too many different genes they can have and similar looking colors. I did notice that it did look like a salmon colored pattern with autosomal red. So is a real Calico basically a Splash Partridge ?

 

[E.M. Silkies]

Ok, here's some more pics of the roo.

His wing..

Under his wing...

Some more...

Ok....What do you think?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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That is NOT a calico. Calico are splash plus red.

Ok This is usually why I stay out of Silkie related threads, there is too many different genes they can have and similar looking colors. I did notice that it did look like a salmon colored pattern with autosomal red. So is a real Calico basically a Splash Partridge ?

No: splash plus red. NOT partridge.