Ok thank you! Its is interesting. I have never seen dominant white express like that on a chick. Usually when I see hetero dominant white chicks they are painted white looking with black spots so its interesting to see how it interacts with other base colors besides black.
I think I figured it out @Amer, well the admin on the Chicken Genetics group on fb did. She says my Buff rooster is likely hetero for dominant white, and that is why the two chicks I hatched so far from the pair look so different. The one with the white patches inherited a copy of dom white...
Do you think that is dominant white showing through where the wild type down pattern would be? I had thought about that but wasn’t sure if being split wheaten would cause that. Its an interesting looking chick. Totally not my favorite! 🥸
Thank you! Hey can you look at this chick and see what you think about the lighter color on its head and back?
Dad: Buff Leghorn (homozygous for eWh, Co, Di, Db, and Mh.)
Mom: Incomplete Black Tailed Red (homozygous for e+, hetero for Co and Mh. She may have inherited Db also since her sire...
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I chatter on and on to my husband about genetics and putting this bird with that bird and yada yada. He just mmmhmms and humors me because he doesn’t grasp as much of the genetics stuff as I tend to geek out on. lol