The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[MysteryChicken]

In the Michigan landscape Dun or Chocolate blends in quite well. I have duns and partridge here and I love how well they blend with the grass, weeds and soil. I will probably eventually end up with dun partridge as I continue my breeding projects.

Definitely have alot more grass here, then dirt where I live. Will just have to see how they turn out.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Turns out, 007 is actually Khaki, also apparently split for Lavender. My remaining Laughing Chicken is also split for lavender apparently.

None of the eggs made it to hatch. I eggtopsied the remaining Laughing chicken egg, & the chick was lavender with Orangey/Dun stripes. More brown then orange. Hard to describe the coloration.

But you wouldn't see separate patches of dun and lavender on a bird that has both genes because both genes affect eumelanin...

 

[MysteryChicken]

But you wouldn't see separate patches of dun and lavender on a bird that has both genes because both genes affect eumelanin...

I should see the Dun in the black areas like the tail, & some of the lacing in the breasts, or a dun breast if male.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

But not if both dun and lavender are expressed. You would see lavender with a tinge of brown in that case, based on the discussion and pictures posted a few pages back.

 

[MysteryChicken]

But not if both dun and lavender are expressed. You would see lavender with a tinge of brown in that case, based on the discussion and pictures posted a few pages back.

You're talking about the dead unhatched chick I removed from shell. If it's still out there, I could snag a few pictures.

I was talking about partridge Dun, not that long ago.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Yes, that is the one you claimed had both lavender and dun expressing independently in patches. That's not possible as both genes impact eumelanin so you would get a mixture of their expression diluting eumelanin where it exists in the plumage...

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yes, that is the one you claimed had both lavender and dun expressing independently in patches. That's not possible as both genes impact eumelanin so you would get a mixture of their expression diluting eumelanin where it exists in the plumage...

Here it is.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

That looks more splash with red leakage to me, personally, but the colors are hard to judge when still wet like that. None of the dun chicks I hatched ever looked that reddish even when wet, though.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That looks more splash with red leakage to me, personally, but the colors are hard to judge when still wet like that. None of the dun chicks I hatched ever looked that reddish even when wet, though.

Mine generally look like my regular phoenixes for the most part as chicks and then feather in wonky. Some have a bit less striping, but that's it

 

[MysteryChicken]

That looks more splash with red leakage to me, personally, but the colors are hard to judge when still wet like that. None of the dun chicks I hatched ever looked that reddish even when wet, though.

I can assure you both parents aren't blue, so can't be Splash.
The mother. BB Red Laughing chicken.

Father. White Khaki Silkie.