What colour is my hen?

posted by Chcarjo on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 13:49
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What colour is my hen she is similar to a blue but more fawny/dun ? any takers or opinions

Dun Hen

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On Tue, 09/29/2015 - 22:39

The fact is that a bird like this has a "Recessive" dilute gene. This means that a bird could really be a blue bar. However where the blue is been 'diluted' with this recessive gene, we call that color in the English Tippler World a "silver" (although your description of the color being "fawn"-like is also a nice description of this same color. If the bird without the dilute gene would have been black, then the diluted bird is called a "Dun".

I hope that helps.

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