Rose-Wyandotte Project

[WildType]

An unusual (at least here in Australia)(and pretty in my opinion) feather color has spontaneously appeared in my flock. I call it "rose" because I don't know what else to call it. I'm tempted to try and create a pure breeding line from it, though I know that I could be on a fool's errand. Is anyone working on a similar project, or even know if the color has a recognized name or can anyone tell me anything about the possible underlying genetics? Thanks in advance. Stuart.

 

[nicalandia]

How abut Salmon Wyandottes instead?

 

[Amer]

Very interesting! What varieties do you have? I'd agree that it looks like salmon, which is wheaten based, but the only very common wheaten based color would be buff-though I don't know what you have in Australia.