Will a Black Bird with a Couple White Feathers in Wings be Disqualified in a Show?

[centrarchid]

I have a brood of black Aseels growing up. About half have white feathers in their wings, as does their father. The father did not have the white feathers when I got him last year. I think they were pulled as those feather positions were vacant when I got him. Can he and those chicks be shown without being disqualified?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I have a brood of black Aseels growing up. About half have white feathers in their wings, as does their father. The father did not have the white feathers when I got him last year. I think they were pulled as those feather positions were vacant when I got him. Can he and those chicks be shown without being disqualified?

A lot of black birds have white feathers before their adult molt. My Sumatra are NOTORIOUS for it. As long as they have no white feathers that grow in for their adult molt, I see no problem showing them

 

[centrarchid]

Adult male has white. Crap

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Sorry. I think one feather or two is just a fault. Let me get my standard real quick to check. Are they just a black color?

 

[PioneerChicks]

Sorry. I think one feather or two is just a fault. Let me get my standard real quick to check. Are they just a black color?

I was about to go get my Standard but it looks like you've got it covered!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Olay, so the colors he could be are dark or spangled. Spangled ones can have white if they fit the pattern, dark can not

 

[centrarchid]

They are supposed to black, I assume solid.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Then sorry, they can't have them

 

[centrarchid]

How heritable are the white feathers?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If bred continuously to a good quality black, if say a generation or two of white popping up is possible and then they should be good. Not sure though, luckily I haven't had to figure it out.