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What is causing the reduced hackle markings on the pullet at the front?

I don't like asking to many questions here, but can anyone confirm my thinking here? Earlier in this thread I learnt my Buff sussex Hen is id+/- and my rooster is Id/id+ . I have 7 chicks from them, 3 of which show light shanks. I am going to keep any pullets from those three but also want...

I would be, so it seems if I have to do it it'll just take some extra time. Thank you for your help!

How long would it take to breed back to a single comb from rose comb?

One last question. Because I've been looking at the chicks today I realise 5 have dark legs and 3 have light legs. I expected some dark legs because my hen has dark legs, the father of these chicks has very white legs. What is the dominance of leg colour? I also have two older (believed to be...

I know very little about chicken gentics, so please bare with me. Would showing you the parents confirm them being Wheaten? Will they mature to look like a normal Buff or will they look different? And do you have any links or anything for me to learn about Wheaten?

Hello! I am curious about some babies I have currently. I have seven Buff sussex chicks, about 2 weeks old, bred and hatch by me. I noticed when they hatched that some had some form of a black mark on their head, now that they're feathering the ones with the mark's have some odd to me colours...

The legs do make me think crossbred. Any idea what he could be crossed with to make the feathers that colour? It doesn't really affect me whether he's a cross as I already have myself two lovely pure boys, unless I decided to keep him for fun as the colour is very pretty.

Hello :frow I have a Cockerel whom I bought as a Buff Sussex. The thing is he lacks any black feathers (there's some small black streaks on some of his tail feathers) and he also has yellow feet. My question is what has caused him to be white and is it possible for him to actually be pure Sussex...