The Moonshiner's Leghorns Battle Edition

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Isabella leghorns are lavender on gold duckwing.
The lavender dilutes the "gold" to a stray color.
I wanted something more subtle and figured eliminating the gold would achieve that and it would give a cleaner look.
She is lavender on silver duckwing. Worked out just as I expected.

Do you have any issues with wing patch on the boys in the silver Isabella? That issue is linked to gold, I think, but I'm not sure. Ive noticed it is rare to see it the lavender legbars with the cream gene.

 

[YardMoa]

Does bird B have a darker head because of a charcoal gene?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Does bird B have a darker head because of a charcoal gene?

I'm not familiar enough with the charcoal gene to know.
As far as I'm aware no. I assumed that was just a blue thing. Females have darker heads and males darker head and back.
It was the same with blue Orpingtons back when I raised them. Interesting question though. I should become more familiar with that gene.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Do you have any issues with wing patch on the boys in the silver Isabella? That issue is linked to gold, I think, but I'm not sure. Ive noticed it is rare to see it the lavender legbars with the cream gene.

I've had the wing patch discussion with you in the past.
There seemed to be no value to you with what I said back then so I see no reason to discuss it again now.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

I've had the wing patch discussion with you in the past.
There seemed to be no value to you with what I said back then so I see no reason to discuss it again now.

I've talked about various aspects of it with a lot of folks over the last couple of years. Noticing its absence now that I'm working with duckwing birds with a dilution factor in play is new for me, though, so I'd be surprised if we'd discussed that particular point before but my memory isn't great. Stupid TBI.

Im sorry you interpret that as the discussion having no value to me. I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't interested in your thoughts.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

My vote goes to B.
I like the contrast. Are they clutch mates? Just curious.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I believe we had the discussion about the issue in general and breeding it out but yes mostly with the lavender gold duckwing birds.
You made it quite clear you believed I had the wrong approach and shared that you recieved info from a well known breeding and was looking to move forward with those ideas.
That's all good. The more directions we take and the different approaches further more info but when someone comes into my thread and says my idea was just a bandaid fix after I'd spend a few years with it in practice and was seeing results that just pushes me from further discussion on the topic.

 

[WallyG74]

They will always be in post #1

You are so smart!!!

 

[The Moonshiner]

My vote goes to B.
I like the contrast. Are they clutch mates? Just curious.

Nope. Completely different projects.
A is working with lavender and silver duckwing.
B is working with blue and extended black.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

This brings up a question.
I know it's possible with dogs. Can a hen lay eggs fertilized by different roosters? I know there's a rejection/ejection response that some hens exhibit when mounted by less desirable roosters;but in your experiences are there Dirty Dianas lurking in the coop that become depositories and they don't care and can get fertilized by more than one rooster?