Mill Fleur Colored American Games

[The Moonshiner]

It can get a bit confusing because Spangled can mean different things.
It was my understanding that yes spangled in games was the duckwing pattern with mottling or duckwing with mottling and mahogany.
Mille fleur can be based on Wheaton, Partridge (dark brown) or duckwing. Usually Wheaton is preferred it seems.
MF also needs the Columbian gene and of course mottling.
There's a few different types. Gold MF is as above. Red MF is the same plus mahogany. True MF is as gold MF plus mahogany plus dilute gene.

 

[centrarchid]

It can get a bit confusing because Spangled can mean different things.
It was my understanding that yes spangled in games was the duckwing pattern with mottling or duckwing with mottling and mahogany.
Mille fleur can be based on Wheaton, Partridge (dark brown) or duckwing. Usually Wheaton is preferred it seems.
MF also needs the Columbian gene and of course mottling.
There's a few different types. Gold MF is as above. Red MF is the same plus mahogany. True MF is as gold MF plus mahogany plus dilute gene.

These birds are for most part too dark to be true MF, although genetics for lighter version appears possible with genetics already present in line involved.

What is the impact on down coloration for Columbian and mottling isolation and combined? That has been a problem for me figuring out what alleles I am really messing with.

This may force me to include all the pictures I have of this line to attempt guessing more accurately what alleles are present.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Mottling makes the chick down two toned with color/pattern on top but white replacing it on the bottom.
Reminds me of the look of a pied guinea compared to normal. Youve noticed it in your juvies. The chicks have the large white patch on bottom and chest but as they age it fills in with pattern and they start getting all the white feather tips. Many mottled birds get more white with every adult moult also.
The Columbian I'm not actually sure. I don't know that I have two same patterns with only Columbian being the difference.
My Columbian gene birds are MF, buff, black tailed red, etc. So theyre all also bringing in mahogany or mahogany and dilute. Id have to think about that one for a few.

 

[centrarchid]

Before the mill fleur variant popped up, the white pullet with barring was what had my interest. A dash of dark brown and we would have silverquill. I am not enough of a chicken geneticist to no how to present this without promoting confusion.



Dam - dorsal

Full-sibling sister dorsal. See "paw-prints" on her back. The always associated with barring that shows clearly below. They are related to tri-colored markings on mill fleur pullet.

Full-sibling sister lateral. Notice barring as comes from my line.

6-week old mill fleur pullet. Notice pattern on feathers of back. A few white spots evident. Al feathers present will be replaced by time she is her sisters age of approximately 16 weeks..

Cousin showing dark solid coloration I associate with wheaton. Female side never looks proper wheaton and frequency of this phenotype to rare to be dominant or even co-dominant. Appears recessive.

Closest thing I have to wild-type. Color overall a little light and once in a while a much lighter individual shows up. Been a few years and a hundred or more pullets since last.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That cousin is so pretty

 

[centrarchid]

That cousin is so pretty

He will be a particularly shiny golden duckwing with bright blue legs and a toppy. I bet he will be pushing 5.5 lbs when mature.