I just discovered a buff silkie chick that is developing perfect black bars on its wings. The said chick is about 30 days old and has had that smokey under color, which I have culled against, but not as hard as I culled against the too white undercolor. Unfortunately, I did not pedigree mate, it was a trio mating. sire being a golden buff W 2 black sickles, dams all a medium buff w very slighiet of black in tails. WE have had some "muddy" birds produced. which are extremely broody, thus their value, but they dont really have distinct barring. I dont see too good but it doesny appear to be lacing either. Just mealy? Tgis chick is exhibiting near perfect bars. ???
The combination of Db and Pg causes autosomal barring in the absence of other factors. The birchin birds like Campines may need to be Db Pg and Co to have autosomal barring, but you do not see Co in autosomal barred Hamburgs based on eb (brown). This pullet may lack Co and have Db. Db has not been verified in buff stocks, but it is a columbian restrictor that could help remove black. Buff birds may have Pg for some reason. If you look at the Buff paper by Brumbaugh and Hollander the picture of one of their F2 birds shows the partridge pattern caused by Pg. Unless their Junglefowl parent hat Pg, Pg must have come from the Buff Minorca. Partridge Cochins were derived from the original Buff birds that came to this country so Buff Cochins may have Pg too.
Thankyou Rokimoto. I willstudy this but looks like I may have further questions>
By Rokimoto on Tuesday, February 19, 2002 - 07:17 pm:
If you want the best E allele for buff you should be selecting for cream undercolor of wheaten birds. Dominant white will give you a white undercolor if it was going to be gray. Just select against the gray undercolor birds.
By Robbpa on Tuesday, February 19, 2002 - 07:56 pm: