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Splash Pics
grisaboy:
Splash Wheaton could be described as a Red Pyle male and a white tailed buff female. You can see examples of the Red Pyle color in the Standard under Old English Games.
Jean:
I have a chick picture and have some 10/12 week olds that I could take a picture of if it would help at all.
Jean
Jean:
Here is a chick and a pullet, sorry about the editing..... They aren\'t great photos, but it will give you an idea what they look like.
Jean
Mike Gilbert:
Laura, your picture is not splash wheaten either. It is probably homozygous for recessive white or hetero for dominant white. The color on the head and hackle just \"leaked\" through. Years ago we used to get a lot of these in bantams, but finally bred it out. The large fowl wheatens and blue wheatens were bred up from bantams by Wayne Meredith, so guess I am not surprised it is surfacing in the large fowl. A splash wheaten female still has a tan (not buff, not white) body, with white restricted to tail and flight feathers. Perhaps a little white ticking in the lower hackle, as wheatens sometimes have black there. If I remember correctly, the males looked something like red pyles.
Guest:
--- Quote from: Mike Gilbert ---Laura, your picture is not splash wheaten either. It is probably homozygous for recessive white or hetero for dominant white. The color on the head and hackle just \"leaked\" through.
--- End quote ---
Hmmm. I had no idea. I do have Splash birds in my Dutch, so wondered why Blanche was so very white all over her body. I have not set any eggs from her, so don\'t know what I\'d get if I bred her back to my Wheaten cock bird. Perhaps I won\'t at this point.
Does anyone have a photo of a Splash Wheaten hen/pullet they could post, so I could compare?
Thanks for the clarification, much appreciated.
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