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That is definitely interesting. Now I'm wondering why that would be. It is easy enough for genes to have multiple effects (like feather color and feather texture, or a comb gene that also affects the wattles), but I don't yet know of anything specific that goes with white feather color. But it...

Okay, that shows it is a real difference, not just feathering. I agree, the father should be one of the roosters he owns, unless a neighbor's rooster came visiting or unless he just got the hens and they had previously mated with a Leghorn or some other kind of chicken (hens can store sperm for...

Have you weighed each of them, or picked them up to see how heavy they are? Sometimes fluffy feathers can make one chicken look much bigger than another, even when their bodies are actually the same size. If she really is smaller (lighter), then maybe she could be half Leghorn instead of pure...