- Feb 18, 2019
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Hello,
I have been breeding poultry for the past decade, and I have never seen anything like this. I acquired my lines of White Faced Black Spanish, La Fleche, and Crevecour from credible breeders who have been doing this for far longer than I have been. Throughout numerous generations, I have hatched birds with fully black plumage, only with one occasionally having a tiny white tip on a coveret feather. Revently, however, I noticed that many of my grow outs--of all three of these breeds (which have never been mixed together)--are sprouting mass amounts of white feathers on their wings. this also doesn't appear to be something that grows out either, because I have a full grown WFBS cock with the same issue in his feathering. What causes this and how do I fix it? I'm really hoping it isn't a lack of genetic diversity or anything, because these breeds are hard to come by.
Thank you for all your help!
I have been breeding poultry for the past decade, and I have never seen anything like this. I acquired my lines of White Faced Black Spanish, La Fleche, and Crevecour from credible breeders who have been doing this for far longer than I have been. Throughout numerous generations, I have hatched birds with fully black plumage, only with one occasionally having a tiny white tip on a coveret feather. Revently, however, I noticed that many of my grow outs--of all three of these breeds (which have never been mixed together)--are sprouting mass amounts of white feathers on their wings. this also doesn't appear to be something that grows out either, because I have a full grown WFBS cock with the same issue in his feathering. What causes this and how do I fix it? I'm really hoping it isn't a lack of genetic diversity or anything, because these breeds are hard to come by.
Thank you for all your help!
