Mottling and shank color

[oldschoolchick]

does mottling affect shank color?

 

[nicalandia]

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No

 

[pips&peeps]

If you check the kip calculator it does. I think it is another inhibitor of dermal melanin like the barring gene.

 

[nicalandia]

pips&peeps :

If you check the kip calculator it does.

there is an inhibitor tightly linked to it, but mottling on itself it does not affect shank color..

example

I have about a dozen of pics with mottled birds with Dark shanks​

 

[pips&peeps]

That is not true mottling. The definition of mottling is:

plumage in which a variable percentage of the feathers are tipped with white.

 

[nicalandia]

pips&peeps :

That is not true mottling. The definition of mottling is:

plumage in which a variable percentage of the feathers are tipped with white.

ok let me dig some more..

 

[sjarvis00]

Look at Mottled OE, they are Black legged without problems.

 

[GotGame]

Mottled OEGB
http://www.bantychicken.com/cgi-bin...i?action=openalbum&album=14&albumname=Mottled

 

[nicalandia]

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Awesome...

 

[sjarvis00]

Shank color is easily modified by heavy selection over several generations. Most birds that carry mottling are light legs butt once the darker leg color is introduced it is just about selection. Shank color is related to the pigments in the layers of skin and has to be modified in all layers to get the darkest shank. Time, selection will get you there