white leghorn...chicks hatching out with....??????suggestions..

[Country Living Farm]

Ok, I know they are pure as they are cooped together. There is no way any other roo could get to the hen. No way.... All the chicks have been hatching out with a black spot on them. The spots are always in different spots as well.....Is this normall?????

Tks

 

[tadkerson]

It is not unusual for white leghorns to hatch with black spots. If most of the chicks are hatching with the black spots, it would indicate that the male is only carrying one dominant white gene. There is nothing wrong with the male only having one dominant white gene.

If you back cross the male parent to his offspring there is a chance that some of the chicks will hatch with black or black with a head spot or mottled down.

Tim