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In addition to the white appearing, the lacing on the little pullet in the pic is not quite correct, and I have one other little male with a weird pattern edged with a bit of white. These 3 were out of the first eggs collected . . . the last 5 eggs collected all hatched chicks that appear fine.
Even though I waited a full 3 weeks after I got them (the sire and dam) before I started collected eggs, my first thought was that I didn't wait long enough - and that she had the pair in a mixed color pen before sending them to me. And that was my original question to her. But then she responded with the recessive white answer.
So I think I should probably go back to my original thought - that the hen was still fertile by a different (colored) roo - even after 3 weeks.
Even though the odds of that are slight, it still makes more sense to me than the recessive white, which, as catwalk noted, I kept reading that if/when recessive white does appear, the bird will be solid white.
Type looks like it will be good with the chicks, so I'm hoping someone working on the Calicos will be interested in them and the Pg genes that they are carrying. But I'll probably hold on to them as long as I can to see what happens when they molt.
Even though I waited a full 3 weeks after I got them (the sire and dam) before I started collected eggs, my first thought was that I didn't wait long enough - and that she had the pair in a mixed color pen before sending them to me. And that was my original question to her. But then she responded with the recessive white answer.
So I think I should probably go back to my original thought - that the hen was still fertile by a different (colored) roo - even after 3 weeks.
Even though the odds of that are slight, it still makes more sense to me than the recessive white, which, as catwalk noted, I kept reading that if/when recessive white does appear, the bird will be solid white.
Type looks like it will be good with the chicks, so I'm hoping someone working on the Calicos will be interested in them and the Pg genes that they are carrying. But I'll probably hold on to them as long as I can to see what happens when they molt.
