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WTH Happened here???
Jean:
I got another e-mail from the owner of the bird, and I looked up my NPIP papers, I sent her chicks in June.....
Apparently all her wheaten cockerels were this color and she does have a normal colored blue wheaten.
I still have the cockbird that produced this weird mutation and remember I wasn\'t getting very good fertility out of the pen at that time. So it would be most likely that all these similar colored birds came from one hen and this cock. He is a normal looking wheaten, has been shown and on Champion row a few years back.
I also remember putting in a new pullet at that time because my older hens were not laying and I had orders to fill. I will more than likely pull her out and cull. I didn\'t hatch anymore eggs from that pen for myself and I didn\'t end up with any oddball birds in my grow out area.
I\'ll probably cull the cock too because of the fertility issues and I am not interested in playing with this mutation.
The lady that has this bird is in Flat Rock, NC if anyone might be interested in getting him. She is not going to be using him.
Mike Gilbert:
Jean, unless the mother was a silver wheaten you are dealing with a recessive gene. That means the mother would be just as much at fault as the sire.
Jean:
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--- Quote ---The ig gene should lighten both males and females
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That is recessive and may be the most likely candidate.
Many genes dilute, but since one is named The Dilute gene it can cause confusion.
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I did a little reading on this one and it looks as though this may be the culprit. It said it is a mutation.
I\'m still getting rid of the accused......
Korfus Kluckers:
Weird, never know what is hiding sometimes.
grisaboy:
Here are sme pictures of golden bantams that I am working on. These are more Easter Eggers rather than Ameraucanas at this point. Some of these have e-locus of e+ others are eb or mixed. I know typical goldens in other breeds are e+ but I like the yellow gold breast on the eb females. The males would be the same color either way.
Curtis
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