Weird Chick down feathering out white

[blackclownfish16]

This is the third chick I have hatched out like this. The other two are a couple weeks older and have feathered in completely white. Anybody want to guess whats going on? The dad is my crele cock over my white americauna hen (dominant white).

 

[Krys109uk]

Interesting....I don't think I've ever seen a dominant white chick with dark down, though it is not unusual for recessive white. I'd suggest silver columbian but that doesn't fit with white tail & flights. Is it impossible for the bird to be mottled?

 

[Goose and Fig]

I've had splash chicks that look like that. Don't know how you'd get splash with those parents tho...

 

[TurtleFeathers]

I'm new at chicken genetics, so I'm probably wrong, but I thought the barring of a crele male would be passed on to all the chicks? Unless its that "light switch" thing, where white turns the color OFF? Can both the parents carry recessive white?

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Any bird crossed with a dominant white bird, you should expect white offspring. Dominant white will cover up the crele, hence the name DOMINANT White.

 

[Krys109uk]

Any bird crossed with a dominant white bird, you should expect white offspring.

Absolutely...... but have you ever seen a dominant white chick with dark down like that?

I've seen het dominant white with black spots on yellow down. If dark down is also usual in dominant white chicks I'd be interested to know.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Not sure if it's dominant white, but White Jersey Giants are that color when hatched and feather in white.

But since it's not a Jersey giant...

 

[TurtleFeathers]

Any bird crossed with a dominant white bird, you should expect white offspring. Dominant white will cover up the crele, hence the name DOMINANT White.

Yeah, but if its DOMINANT, wouldn't ALL the chicks be that color?​

 

[Year of the Rooster]

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Yeah, but if its DOMINANT, wouldn't ALL the chicks be that color?

YES they WOULD be and they ARE. Re-read the OP. He said that this is the third chick they've hatched out like this.

 

[Krys109uk]

Yeah, but if its DOMINANT, wouldn't ALL the chicks be that color?

If 'pure' for dominant white & 'pure' for extended black, one would expect the offspring all to be white, (I've only seen yellow dominant white chicks). If the other chicks are not feathering up white, what colour are they feathering up?​