The Moonshiner's Leghorns

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They're so cute

Thank you! Hey can you look at this chick and see what you think about the lighter color on its head and back?

Dad: Buff Leghorn (homozygous for eWh, Co, Di, Db, and Mh.)

Mom: Incomplete Black Tailed Red (homozygous for e+, hetero for Co and Mh. She may have inherited Db also since her sire appears hetero for Db).

 

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Do you think that is dominant white showing through where the wild type down pattern would be? I had thought about that but wasn’t sure if being split wheaten would cause that. Its an interesting looking chick. Totally not my favorite!

 

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I think I figured it out @Amer, well the admin on the Chicken Genetics group on fb did. She says my Buff rooster is likely hetero for dominant white, and that is why the two chicks I hatched so far from the pair look so different. The one with the white patches inherited a copy of dom white, and the other chick didn’t. Makes perfect sense, since dom white is often used to clean up leaky black coloring in Buffs.

Here is a closeup of the other chick that didn’t inherit the dom white gene. Fascinating stuff..

This one looks e+/eWh and Co/co+, Db/db+, could be hetero or homo for Mh, and Di/di+.

Definitely only split for Columbian because it has too much of the e+ down pattern to be homo for Columbian.

 

[Amer]

I think I figured it out @Amer, well the admin on the Chicken Genetics group on fb did. She says my Buff rooster is likely hetero for dominant white, and that is why the two chicks I hatched so far from the pair look so different. The one with the white patches inherited a copy of dom white, and the other chick didn’t. Makes perfect sense, since dom white is often used to clean up leaky black coloring in Buffs.

Here is a closeup of the other chick that didn’t inherit the dom white gene. Fascinating stuff..

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This one looks e+/eWh and Co/co+, Db/db+, could be hetero or homo for Mh, and Di/di+.

Definitely only split for Columbian because it has too much of the e+ down pattern to be homo for Columbian.

That's what I would have said also

 

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That's what I would have said also

Ok thank you! Its is interesting. I have never seen dominant white express like that on a chick. Usually when I see hetero dominant white chicks they are painted white looking with black spots so its interesting to see how it interacts with other base colors besides black.