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LF chick pics
John:
I\'ve hatched hundreds of black Ameraucana chicks over the years, but don\'t remember one with the phenotype of this one that hatched this past weekend. It is a LF and has a stripe of white/cream down on the left side of its head. The rest of him looks pretty much the same as his siblings.
Mike Gilbert:
This is a good example of a harmless mutation. I have had the same thing occur in brown red chicks, with a streak of brown across the back of the head or neck where it would normally be black. There is a good article explaining how mutations occur at www.answersingenesis.org . Use the search engine to find Bodie Hodge\'s work entitled, \"Are Mutations the Engines of Evolution?\"
cedarpondfarm:
Mike, do those little discolorations show up in adult plummage as odd colored feathers?
Beth C:
Fascinating! So if it\'s a mutation, does the mark remain in adult plumage? Does it change?
Mike Gilbert:
--- Quote from: cedarpondfarm ---Mike, do those little discolorations show up in adult plummage as odd colored feathers?
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Hard to tell with the brown reds, as they end up with red hackles anyway. If John keeps this black and marks it/bands it, he may be able to tell us.
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