Jul 29, 2009 #2 Krys109uk Songster 11 Years Aug 6, 2008 2,389 35 181 a valley; by a brook. Possibly blue on extended black with melanisers missing? Also could be split for silver & gold?
Jul 29, 2009 #3 redhen Kiss My Grits... Premium Feather Member 11 Years May 19, 2008 35,106 224 458 Western MA Pretty!
Jul 29, 2009 #4 enola Crowing 11 Years Jan 23, 2009 13,143 1,517 378 Irwin, Pennsylvania (Pittsburg area) This is interesting since I have a cockerel that is 1/2 Araucana and 1/2 Game with the same color pattern. I don't know anything about color genetics, but how can they have both silver and gold bleeding through ?
This is interesting since I have a cockerel that is 1/2 Araucana and 1/2 Game with the same color pattern. I don't know anything about color genetics, but how can they have both silver and gold bleeding through ?
Jul 29, 2009 #5 Sonoran Silkies Flock Mistress 11 Years Jan 4, 2009 20,149 507 421 Tempe, Arizona Males carry two copies of the gene. A male can be S/S (silver), S/s+ (golden) or s+/s+ (gold). A female, however, carries only one copy of the gene, so is either S/- (silver) or s+/- (gold). Last edited: Jul 29, 2009
Males carry two copies of the gene. A male can be S/S (silver), S/s+ (golden) or s+/s+ (gold). A female, however, carries only one copy of the gene, so is either S/- (silver) or s+/- (gold).
Jul 29, 2009 #7 Rootball Songster 10 Years May 17, 2009 560 29 154 Western Colorado Quote: I think its a cockerel though isnt it.
Jul 29, 2009 #8 Sonoran Silkies Flock Mistress 11 Years Jan 4, 2009 20,149 507 421 Tempe, Arizona Quote: I think its a cockerel though isnt it. I guess my point was that since it is a cockerel it can indeed carry mismatched alleles.
Quote: I think its a cockerel though isnt it. I guess my point was that since it is a cockerel it can indeed carry mismatched alleles.