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White large fowl hens
Mike Gilbert:
True Ameraucanas that are white are the recessive kind of white. When you have this, white to white will always produce white, although sometimes you get an occasional dark feather or two. Your friend may have mixed in some dominant white from who knows where. Two white birds that each carry only one copy of dominant white will throw about 25% dark birds. Dominant white also does not cover up red feathers, so it is used in making the red pyle color. When you don't know the genetic background of the birds you are working with you can often get unexpected results.
DeWayne Edgin:
Thanks Mike. The guy i got these eggs from was the guy you told me about in an email. You may not remember it was earlier this year. I guess i should probably continue to look for a White to buy that was not in a Black cross. I am guessing this means the White birds that had the Black in them will always throw some Black along the way. Black is more dominate than White i think and will always come back from time to time.
Mike Gilbert:
Was that the guy selling eggs on e-bay? As I understand it, the guy selling eggs on e-bay for White Ameraucanas had the remainder of the late Anne Foley's birds. I really don't know what she used to make them. If it was some of Carl Fosbrink's they very well could have had some dominant white in them. But let me repeat: recessive white to recessive white will always throw white. It makes no difference if black was crossed in at some time in the past or not. All white birds have suppressed colors "underneath."
Jean:
DeWayne,
I'll see how many whites I have in either this hatch or the next one. I should have some silvers hatching too.
The birds I received from Carl appear to be recessive white, they did carry the barring gene though. I finally bred it out of my birds.
I do get some chicks though that are yellow at hatch and have very light legs. I have toe punched them and the legs darken within a week or so and they appear no different than the other birds in the clutch.
Mike Gilbert:
--- Quote from: Jean on April 08, 2013, 11:46:03 AM ---I do get some chicks though that are yellow at hatch and have very light legs. I have toe punched them and the legs darken within a week or so and they appear no different than the other birds in the clutch.
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Those chicks might have one copy of barring, or a copy of wheaten. Both will inhibit dermal melanin, but it eventually comes in. I'm not sure if Dilute (Di) has an effect on demal melanin or not.
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