The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

[Chookwagn]

Dunno has just appeared with a white face....

Come from the same group as all the other dark chicks in the batchView attachment 3689528View attachment 3689529View attachment 3689530View attachment 3689538

Update on white face

 

[The Moonshiner]

Update on white face View attachment 3698856

Interesting

 

[Chookwagn]

Update on white face View attachment 3698856

 

[troyer]

Update on white face View attachment 3698856

Barred and mottled?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Barred and mottled?

I'm waiting till it fully feathers but my guess would be something weird like those few barred ones I had that look like a barred and laced looking combo.
Interesting though because I've had similar a couple times that was mottled. I just didn't think he had any mottling in his lines so....

 

[Chookwagn]

Barred and mottled?

That was my first thought..... but I don't have any mottled birds....

To show mottling do they need to have the gene from both parents? Or can they show it with 1 gene?

 

[Chookwagn]

I'm waiting till it fully feathers but my guess would be something weird like those few barred ones I had that look like a barred and laced looking combo.
Interesting though because I've had similar a couple times that was mottled. I just didn't think he had any mottling in his lines so....

I have once before had a black chick hatched that had a sort of mottled breast. Can't remember if it was from this group or not... ill see if I can dig up a pic


Found it.... this one came out of a black rooster.... so not the same line as my birds now

 

[troyer]

That was my first thought..... but I don't have any mottled birds....

To show mottling do they need to have the gene from both parents? Or can they show it with 1 gene?

I have had chicks show mottling in first to third juvenile feather. In the first adult feather it completely disappeared only to reappear in the second adult feathering. I have a cock here that carries the mottled gene, but has never shown it.
In my experience they don't have to show it in order for them to carry it.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Mottling is recessive so one copy doesn't show. Yes they would need two copies, one from each parent to show mottling themselves.
But ya I've had birds of various colors/patterns that at some point looked to have a bit of mottling but it had to be something else in play.

 

[Amer]

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