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Some hidden genes.
Jean:
Got a recessive white out of my silver split X silver split pen a couple of weeks ago....... looks just like that one.
Mike Gilbert:
What is interesting with this guy is all the melanin/gray in his feathers. I don\'t think this is recessive white unless some unknown modifier is at work with it.
Jean:
Here are a couple shots of mine.
This is out of my silver split over silver split pen. It was a very nice color egg, so I hatched it to see what I would get. I will probably end up using it in my white pen if it is of decent size. I bet it will be a very nice color white with the silver genes it is carrying.
I will probably hatch a few more of these eggs to see if I can get any more.
John:
Jean,
The ones with the lighter gray chick down seem to feather out white like yours, but the last one I posted was one with the darker gray (blue looking) down. It is white for the most part, but with gray.
Everyone,
I knew these didn\'t look like standard recessive white chick down and that\'s why I posted the photos in February. I\'m willing to consider they are recessive white, but if so it \"it is not alone\" (some other gene(s) is also at work). I think it would be nice to know what I\'m dealing with, but may never know.
I do believe once you know what the day-old chick phenotype should look like for any variety you can do your heaviest culling then.
Guest:
That\'s a very interestingly colored chick. I\'ve read of another type of recessive white, only theorized to exist, that does not always fully dilute colors, working more like lav in some instances.
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