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White large fowl hens
Jean:
Mike,
I toe punched them to see what they would look like as adults to see if there were any problems with the leg color or leakage.
It could be id gene that dilutes the leg color??? (I think that is what the correct term is.) I am pretty sure I got rid of the barring. The buffs seem to carry the id, and wouldn't barred birds carry this also?
John:
--- Quote ---Those chicks might have one copy of barring, or a copy of wheaten.
--- End quote ---
Either way I wouldn't breed from them.
Since both buff and wheaten varieties are based on wheaten at the e-locus the shank color should develop the same in both...darken after a few weeks.
Jean:
--- Quote from: John on April 08, 2013, 12:18:26 PM ---
--- Quote ---Those chicks might have one copy of barring, or a copy of wheaten.
--- End quote ---
Either way I wouldn't breed from them.
Since both buff and wheaten varieties are based on wheaten at the e-locus the shank color should develop the same in both...darken after a few weeks.
--- End quote ---
John,
I do not think it is either. I bred all my whites to a blue cockerel last year and got no barred birds. All offspring were blue, black or splash.
Jean:
If it is two copies of id, I will have to see if the toe punch birds are all males.....
Mike Gilbert:
Jean, id is what you want. You don't want Id. Id is dominant over id, so if it were there the birds would not have slate legs at all. So I don't think that is the problem. I noticed the same issue in bantam whites many years ago, and it is still there today in some of the buffs. I would not be surprised if it were Di (dilute) or a similar dominant gene.
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