Wheaten Crele Project

[MysteryChicken]

Chick Growth Update: 4 weeks old.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Chick Growth Update: 4 weeks old.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Is this a gossip thread, or project thread?
I wanted to drop the subject for now, how many times do I need to ask?
This is number 3, I don't want my thread ruined like the last ones.

If you saw someone posting about "mottled" project chickens that were actually laced, you would correct them, wouldn't you?

What do you believe this chick will look like by looking at it's color?View attachment 1892901 View attachment 1892902

Black with buff leakage. Maybe barred.

My blue "Mottled" Chicken is actually a mysterious form of mottling referred as "Histarically Mottled" which is the actual term used for Pied coloring in chickens.View attachment 1896458View attachment 1896463 View attachment 1896466 Her random white feathering consists of Solid white, Half white & black, Half Blue & white, Blue feathers with flecks, white brims, partially white tipped, & white tipped. She also has random solid black feathers that pop up.

There isn't really a pied color in chickens. Since the genetics of quail and chickens are completely different.
Also, the random black feathers aren't uncommon with blues. I agree with you, though, she could be hysterically mottled. From what I've read about it, it's a type of mottling that is a lot heavier than usual. It sometimes pops up in lines of "normally" mottled chickens and is often undesirable. Lots of seramas are bred to be hysterically mottled.

Splash mottled. BAM. Case solved.
Hysterical mottled is exclusive to one game breed that isn't available to the public.

You're making some progress in acceptance. We still need to work on a few undesirable traits, though. I estimate that will take years and still not completely resolve.

I don't think that this pullet is splash. She's too dark.

The guy had to many of them, & wanted to get rid of them. He had 20 - 30 excess chicks hatch unexpectedly.View attachment 1901569 View attachment 1901570You can't deny the possibility, you can't completely reject it.

There's a possibility that they are RJF descended from hatchery lines, but it's more likely that they are mixes of mixes with a lot of OEGB or maybe even American game in their background.

Early Chick Growth Update: 2 & a half weeks old. Here's the little roo face.View attachment 1902720 View attachment 1902721 View attachment 1902723

Did you feather-sex this one as a roo?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I know facts. When there's multiple genes at play, two genes can be inherited from both parents. Just look a how many different genes us humans pass on to our offspring. If we inherited one gene from our parents, we'd have either one certain hair color, eye color, or skin color, if life works that way with people of the same race.
We're talking about mixing, with mixing multiple genetic traits can pass on.
For example: My parents hair color. My mother has blonde hair, my dad has black hair. Me, & my sister have brunette, my brothers have chocolate brown.

Except that sex-linked silver and gold have only two genes. So the offspring gets one gene from each parent.

 

[MysteryChicken]

If you saw someone posting about "mottled" project chickens that were actually laced, you would correct them, wouldn't you?

Black with buff leakage. Maybe barred.

There isn't really a pied color in chickens. Since the genetics of quail and chickens are completely different.
Also, the random black feathers aren't uncommon with blues. I agree with you, though, she could be hysterically mottled. From what I've read about it, it's a type of mottling that is a lot heavier than usual. It sometimes pops up in lines of "normally" mottled chickens and is often undesirable. Lots of seramas are bred to be hysterically mottled.

I don't think that this pullet is splash. She's too dark.

There's a possibility that they are RJF descended from hatchery lines, but it's more likely that they are mixes of mixes with a lot of OEGB or maybe even American game in their background.

Did you feather-sex this one as a roo?

Yep, feather sexed as a roo. Comb is already big, & red, wattles are red, & growing in early.

 

[MysteryChicken]

If you saw someone posting about "mottled" project chickens that were actually laced, you would correct them, wouldn't you?

Black with buff leakage. Maybe barred.

There isn't really a pied color in chickens. Since the genetics of quail and chickens are completely different.
Also, the random black feathers aren't uncommon with blues. I agree with you, though, she could be hysterically mottled. From what I've read about it, it's a type of mottling that is a lot heavier than usual. It sometimes pops up in lines of "normally" mottled chickens and is often undesirable. Lots of seramas are bred to be hysterically mottled.

I don't think that this pullet is splash. She's too dark.

There's a possibility that they are RJF descended from hatchery lines, but it's more likely that they are mixes of mixes with a lot of OEGB or maybe even American game in their background.

Did you feather-sex this one as a roo?

I did research my red JungleFowl, & they fit the subspecies Gallus Gallus Gallus: Chinese Red JungleFowl. This subspecies have both slate, and mossy green legs.
Those girls are now becoming finger biters. I've been training them to let me touch them with treats, only made a little progress with one of them. The other lady is still very skittish, unless I have treats.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I did research my red JungleFowl, & they fit the subspecies Gallus Gallus Gallus: Chinese Red JungleFowl. This subspecies have both slate, and mossy green legs.
Those girls are now becoming finger biters. I've been training them to let me touch them with treats, only made a little progress with one of them. The other lady is still very skittish, unless I have treats.

Yeah, and a dominique with a single comb will fit the criteria of a barred rock. Doesn't mean it actually is one.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yeah, and a dominique with a single comb will fit the criteria of a barred rock. Doesn't mean it actually is one.

I'll get them DNA tested sometime.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Your opinions on my female project chick?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Your opinions on my female project chick?View attachment 1911848 View attachment 1911849 View attachment 1911850 View attachment 1911851 View attachment 1911852

Buff and black barred. Looks like exactly what you're going for.