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[EmmaRainboe]

How can there be dominant white and recessive white?

Because they are carried on two completely different loci

How can there be dominant white and recessive white? And how are you supposed to tell the difference?

Dominant white often lets leakage through… but not always. The easiest way to be 100% sure is to test breed. Test the white bird to a known not white carrier. If any of the chicks are white, it’s dominant, and after multiple generations if none are white you get a pretty good idea that the bird is recessive white.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Because they are carried on two completely different loci


Dominant white often lets leakage through… but not always. The easiest way to be 100% sure is to test breed. Test the white bird to a known not white carrier. If any of the chicks are white, it’s dominant, and after multiple generations if none are white you get a pretty good idea that the bird is recessive white.

Most purebred white varieties are recessive white. The only exception (or the only exception I know of) being white leghorns, which are usually dominant white based.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Recessive white covers everything.
Dominate white doesn't cover gold/red tones.

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

Recessive white covers everything.
Dominate white doesn't cover gold/red tones.

Um....was that meant for me? Cuz that means pretty much nothing to me

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

Loci? Covering? Huh?

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

What the fudge.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Um....was that meant for me? Cuz that means pretty much nothing to me

Does this help.....

Recessive white covers everything.
Dominate white doesn't cover gold/red tones

 

[Isadora]

I think it’s a New England thing or maybe specifically this area. My dad had it a ton as a kid lol

That would make sense. My parents are both from New England.

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

Does this help.....

Recessive white covers everything.
Dominate white doesn't cover gold/red tones

 

[The Moonshiner]

I typed it really slow that time.