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On request a topic about chick down phenotypes and the genotypes to go with it.
We want to keep this topic clean so every off topic remark will be removed!

Kick-off
e+: chipmunk pattern
e^b: helmet pattern
e^Wh: little pattern (overall yellowish)
E^R: overall dark pattern, dark legs.
E: penguin pattern

leg color often yellowish at start.

Pictures welcome...

Hope this helps.

Here are 3 chicks hatched 5 days ago. Dad is cream choc partridge and Mom is a cream carrier choc partidge. The male has an issue with throwing unpatterned chicks sometimes although possibly the female too.


Henk69: typical e^b head pattern, allthough not strict helmet.

I think the meaning of this thread is like that : you know and are 100 % sure that for example your chicks are pure partridge(concentric pencilling) ebPg/ebPg s+/s+. You make a distinct picture and place it here with discription. It is not so much for discussion but rather for presentation for others. If somebody has doubts/problems with a picture, it can be discussed in a separate thread. Am I on the right track?

This can be deleted.

here is my photo bucket file, many i know the off one i guess:

http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q100/ruffEnuff_photos/down%20colour/

i shall make a point of adding to it.

eb (melanized)
Barnevelder, double-laced, e^b/e^b Pg/Pg, Ml/Ml

Here's my 2 cents worth (currency: NZ$), considering the exchange rate, probably not worth much:

E/e^Wh, Co/co, S/S (S/-), B/b (B/-)


Er/e^Wh, S/- Co/co Id/- (and middle chick is highly suspected Co/Co) [Id=Inhibitor of dermal melanin]


e+/e^Wh, I/i+ & i+/i+

Would some be kind enough to post an e^b chick with a 'strict helemet' please?

Seriously though,
this is the best I could find in my photo archive. Note the light-coloured neckline. It's a Barnevelder female.


Edit (addition): Thanks to GSC pointing me back to an old thread I started here, I've found better 'helmet-clad' chicks:

Golden Laced Wyandottes e^b/e^b, db+/db+, Pg/Pg, Ml/Ml, Co/Co