The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[NagemTX]

Strangely, right after I said this I noticed an article on this subject
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/13/9/1511
Even though I had googled "wing patch lavender" not anything to do with red.

Intresting read.

 

[KF0002]

@Amer and yes, the male has a ton of black leakage in the breast. I like the red breasts of the females. I am looking forward to watch them grow out to see how they look.

 

[Amer]

So basically, chick hatch down may not have as much to do with their base then? If I understand correctly? So if the Red Leghorns are fully eWh, how are all of my chicks looking homozygous for duckwing? I am trying to figure all this out. I have read a ton of nicalandia's old posts to try to understand it.

Well, those chicks definitely look Duckwing to me. I was just pointing out there are genes that cause striping on wheaten based birds but they never look like duckwing.

 

[Amer]

@MysteryChicken has dealt with split bases more than I have though (most of my mixed colors were on accident since I breed for show) so it would be good to have a second opinion.

 

[Chookwagn]

That's a lot! Did you end up with a lot of Leghorn chicks?

It's less than half what I hatched the previous year.

It was probably half leghorns I don't keep a breed count

 

[KF0002]

Well, those chicks definitely look Duckwing to me. I was just pointing out there are genes that cause striping on wheaten based birds but they never look like duckwing.

I have no doubt they are full duckwing based. I was just trying to make sense as to how. The hatchery Red chicks being split e+/eWh seemed like a strong possibility until I read the article you found. Now I am back to not knowing anything. lol

The one thing I do know is the chicks are not mixed with Sussex. If they were, they would have white leg color by now.

 

[KF0002]

It's less than half what I hatched the previous year.

It was probably half leghorns I don't keep a breed count

Awesome! Congratulations on such a productive year. Post pictures as they grow and feather out.

 

[The Moonshiner]

@MysteryChicken has dealt with split bases more than I have though (most of my mixed colors were on accident since I breed for show) so it would be good to have a second opinion.

 

[KF0002]

That is exactly why I stopped showing. No offense @Amer. lol

 

[The Moonshiner]

That is exactly why I stopped showing. No offense @Amer. lol

That wasn't about showing it was about the @ tag