Spitzhaubens

[Faraday40]

What age do you want to see?



Is that a little EE hanging out with your Spitzes? Looks like she's missing her "hair-do," so she grew a beard. LOL
I didn't know they came in white! Love those dark eyes!

 

[Alaskan]

The odd man out is a bantam wheaten Ameraucana.

All of my Spitz are different shades of Chamois.

The ones that look white there, ended up a very soft cream with white spots.

 

[Faraday40]

The odd man out is a bantam wheaten Ameraucana.

All of my Spitz are different shades of Chamois.

The ones that look white there, ended up a very soft cream with white spots.

I have a mauve orp with that kind of color. She looked mauve at hatch, but her feathers grew in white. As a hen, she looks in between a cream - white color. I like the very light feather color with the contrasting dark eyes & red comb/wattles.







We only kept 1 of the 3.

 

[Alaskan]

Very pretty girl.


Interesting, how dark she was at hatch.

 

[PhoredaBurds]

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Beautiful chicks! Thank you for sharing!!
I think that light almost solid cream light chamois chick happens with chamois x chamois because the standard chamois color has heterozygous dominant white (I/i) which just covers the spangles. When a chick receives 2 copies of the white gene (I/I) you get the light creamy color with white spots. I think if u put one of those chicks w a gold spangled bird (i/i), they will make chamois. If you put two light solid cream colored birds together you will get lighter, whiter birds. Chris Ferber wrote about this a few years ago when he was working with spitz color genetics. So many wonderful color options!

 

[drumstick diva]

Alaskan you have some beautiful birds. I would guess they are hardy in your climate. Didn't you have another color as well? I think gold(?) and white.

 

[Alaskan]

Alaskan  you have some beautiful birds.  I would guess they are hardy in your climate. Didn't you have another color as well?  I think  gold(?) and white.

Yes.. a few are darker.

Ths girl is very pretty. Her head poof is a bit big, but not horrid.

I also have:

My first bunch of the year are in the incubator.....

 

[Alaskan]

Hummm.... those girls are much better than that in RL....bad photos.



The bottom girl actually has lots of good light gold color...in that photo she looks white.

Ah well.

 

[drumstick diva]

Sending GREAT Hatching vibes your way Alaskan

 

[Alaskan]

Thank you

One week in....two to go.