Steinagarden
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- Oct 22, 2024
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I am looking into the gene of dominant white to remove the black I dont want. I see that chamois is a dominant white that breeds true. And I guess, based on what I have read so far, as long as you have a really strong Mh and Db the dominant white should not affect the ground colour too much then you are working on a buff colour. I also know that I need to breed back to a darker buff chicken without dominant white from time to time to keep the ground colour, I dont mind that. Its more important for me to not have the black.
I am using Buff Colombian and would like to consider dominant white to remove the black. My end results would wanna be a buff barred colombian without any black in a pure buff even colour.
I have Lohman brown that I think could be both homozygot and heterozygot for dominant white. I have both almost completely white birds with minimal red leakage and some that are more very faded buff/wheaten. None of them looked greyish as baby chicks and there is no silver, so I dont think there is any chance of recessive white.
I also have some that have some black feathers, is it safe to say that any chicken showing black is not a dominant white? But if I see both white and some black it could still be heterozygot dominant white? Will there always be sign of white feathers when there is dominant white?
My big question is; has anyone experience breeding with dominant white to remove black leakage and keeping a good ground colour? How hard is to get there?
I am considering mating a buff colombian rooster over my Lohman brown, also using the white ones which could be homozygot, just to see how the results end up and how the dominant white works when I use a male that are buff Colombian.
Photos to show some of my Lohman brown. I have all "shades" from white to very dark red.
I am using Buff Colombian and would like to consider dominant white to remove the black. My end results would wanna be a buff barred colombian without any black in a pure buff even colour.
I have Lohman brown that I think could be both homozygot and heterozygot for dominant white. I have both almost completely white birds with minimal red leakage and some that are more very faded buff/wheaten. None of them looked greyish as baby chicks and there is no silver, so I dont think there is any chance of recessive white.
I also have some that have some black feathers, is it safe to say that any chicken showing black is not a dominant white? But if I see both white and some black it could still be heterozygot dominant white? Will there always be sign of white feathers when there is dominant white?
My big question is; has anyone experience breeding with dominant white to remove black leakage and keeping a good ground colour? How hard is to get there?
I am considering mating a buff colombian rooster over my Lohman brown, also using the white ones which could be homozygot, just to see how the results end up and how the dominant white works when I use a male that are buff Colombian.
Photos to show some of my Lohman brown. I have all "shades" from white to very dark red.
