Amelise
Songster
Splash, paint, exchequer, ermine, mottled, silver spangled…
I was doing research for fun because I find it so interesting how there’s so many different ways for a chicken to be black and white spotted. I think it would be cool to find out what causes all of them.
So I know that splash happens with the BBS genes and having two copies of the dilution gene (It’s still a bit confusing how some splashes are so much more pigmented than others)
I also know that paint is dominant white color over black.
That’s about where my understanding ends. What causes mottled? What defines exchequer from mottled and ermine? How does spangled work?
I don’t know. Either way, I have an increasing desire to collect an Ameraucana of each of these varieties. I may be going insane. (Although I don’t think anyone’s tried to make silver spangled ameraucanas …)
(Wait, I looked it up and there’s a project for them. And they look amazing!)
Thanks to anyone who wants to take the time to entertain my silly questions
I was doing research for fun because I find it so interesting how there’s so many different ways for a chicken to be black and white spotted. I think it would be cool to find out what causes all of them.
So I know that splash happens with the BBS genes and having two copies of the dilution gene (It’s still a bit confusing how some splashes are so much more pigmented than others)
I also know that paint is dominant white color over black.
That’s about where my understanding ends. What causes mottled? What defines exchequer from mottled and ermine? How does spangled work?
I don’t know. Either way, I have an increasing desire to collect an Ameraucana of each of these varieties. I may be going insane. (Although I don’t think anyone’s tried to make silver spangled ameraucanas …)
(Wait, I looked it up and there’s a project for them. And they look amazing!)
Thanks to anyone who wants to take the time to entertain my silly questions