My BLACK Leghorn x Rhode Island Red chick...

[tadkerson]

I worked with dominant white for about six years- I had blue, mottling and barring segregate from my birds.

Tim

 

[wjallen05]

hmmm.... interesting! Thanks! Genetics are so neat.

 

[wordgirl]

He/she is adorable! We got our first chickens at the end of April and I'm already waiting for them to be old enough to brood.

Baby chicks are so cute!

 

[Krys109uk]

I worked with dominant white for about six years- I had blue, mottling and barring segregate from my birds.

That would be interesting. The OPs birds could be any of those under the white, which will be interesting for them.

I done quite a bit with dominant too. Most often found barring under the white, which was useful.

Which leads me to a question, if you don't mind.
A few years ago I was breeding with some of those 'Cornish Cross' meat hybrids. Those particular pullets were dominant white & barred. Are they usually dominant white & barred or do they too vary?​

 

[Chris09]

Krys or tadkerson what are the chances that the dark chick will have white flicks in the feathers as it gets older?

Chris

 

[Krys109uk]

what are the chances that the dark chick will have white flicks in the feathers as it gets older?

I shouldn't think so. It may well have red leakage.​

 

[Year of the Rooster]

The coloring remind me of some White Silkie x Golden Sebright mixes I hatched out in April this year.

 

[tadkerson]

Quote:
That would be interesting. The OPs birds could be any of those under the white, which will be interesting for them.

I done quite a bit with dominant too. Most often found barring under the white, which was useful.

Which leads me to a question, if you don't mind.
A few years ago I was breeding with some of those 'Cornish Cross' meat hybrids. Those particular pullets were dominant white & barred. Are they usually dominant white & barred or do they too vary?

I have been working with cornish cross and cornish cross hybrids for 4 years now. I have had blue segregate but not barring. It is not unusual to find barring in white birds. I know it will show up in wyandottes and rocks from time to time. Because cornish and leghorns are usually extended black or sometimes birchen at the E locus, barring helps to not only produce a white bird but also clears any black pigment from the shanks and feet.

Tim

 

[Krys109uk]

Thanks Tim, I shall just have to see. Are the Cornish hybrids usually dominant white? That is what I am hoping.

 

[Sunshyne276]

So.. I'm curious.. lol What did the little black chick turn out to look like?