Black leghorn morphing into a white leghorn?

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:48 pm

she used to be in my avatar when i actually started being active on PSO. she was part of the first flock of 16 standard chickens I bought that were actually MINE!

"black" leghorn hen

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:06 am

well shes darn near white now! Someone, maybe Coonhound had said he suspected this was guna happen... i guess shes not a black or an exchanger at all!

So this is obviously genetic, but wow 3 years later the full metamorphosis happens. im not intentionally breeding her so I dont really care but what is the proper term for her besides cull, (which im not) shes a good hen and a great layer. the chicks didnt survive... thats the price of free range sometimes. man was i mad but i dont really want this popping up in any future generations....

Post by **Killerbunny** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 6:36 am

SHe's very pretty though.

Post by **WLLady** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:29 am

i would keep her and breed her to everything i had just to see what would happen! LOL. she is a gorgeous little hen...that's what "mixed layer flocks" are for Al! experimenting! LOL i bet she will go darker again as she gets older. just because.

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:42 am

WLLady wrote:i would keep her and breed her to everything i had just to see what would happen! LOL. she is a gorgeous little hen...that's what "mixed layer flocks" are for Al! experimenting! LOL i bet she will go darker again as she gets older. just because.

:rofl1:
That kind of thinking will get you in to all sorts of trouble and then you will need a new barn!

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 9:10 am

Hahahaha Hey OC.... i have a massive new to me barn!

she is very pretty and one of my originals. well then when I get to setting up breeding pens who should she go with first? I still have both black lh roosters. I never did cull them :-D lol.

Erin you have a Cochin hen (wow spell check knows that word and Iv never typed that before!) those are the huge birds right? maybe I should get a descended roo from her, off of you and start there and see what happens :rofl1:

Anyone know what this is called? theres gotta be a term for it? Robbie - anything come up in the genetics calculator?

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:35 pm

: Blue molt?

Well that got me thinking about this Blue hen having a mysterious colour change after molt.
She is 2.5 years old and has been Blue until this Oct.
so perhaps she is going to change in to splash??? or something???

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:41 pm

weird but VERY pretty!

Post by **Syble** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 4:51 pm

i had similar thing happen with my blue maran hen, solid deep blue for 3 years, then over a year turned fully white.

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:13 pm

weird or what eh Syble? ever figure out what causes it?

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