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[alroy82]

Also chicks mother is hatch grey but 3/4 grey or so. So she has red in her line also

 

[centrarchid]

Cock with wheaten in is woodpile is reason for light colored chicks. He carries one copy of wheaten while hen carries none. Wheaten is hard to hide on female side and with juveniles. Males hide it well.

 

[alroy82]

So the light colored ones are female or male?

 

[centrarchid]

Wheaten locus is not on the sex-chromosomes and is not manifested differently as a function of sex with down. Therefore light coloration has no relationship with sex of chicks.

 

[attimus]

Only one of the 4 from my last hatch is dark. The two
previous hatches yield dark chicks. Same trio for breeding. From what I've seen with my own few hatches and on here is the chicks tend to vary quite a bit regardless of line. No expert tho. Just an observation.

 

[roosterhavoc]

 

[JShubin]

Fedor in eclipse molt.

 

[SwampFoot]

It's been a while since I've posted. I have quite a few new chicks though.
What is you guys' position on gamefowl with no known lineage?
I have my family of greys, which I don't know the lineage of. They are mostly golden duckwing colored, the hens are creamy grey, straight combs and green or yellow legs.
I crossed one of those grey hens with my red Wahl X Ra Thomas Asil stags and got fourteen light yellow chicks, almost all pea combed, and the feathers are coming out with wheaten coloration.
Someone gave me some chicks from their yard, and I'm not sure what lines they are. They are from his dad's birds which are witchdoctors and mclean hatch.
Witchdoctors are black hens and brownred cocks right?

 

[sdm111]

It matters to me but I'm old school if u just want some to raise and look pretty no I guess it don't matter. But if you're in the know with others than yeah it does. All depends on how deep u want to go

 

[sdm111]

I guess if u have a mustang that looks like a saleen on the outside but has a 4cyl, if u don't race it what's the difference