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The "lavender" gene (lav) in the chicken causes the dilution of both black (eumelanin) and red/brown (phaeomelanin) pigments, so according to color background, dilution due to "lavender" gives a sort of plumage color patterns: On an extended black background, this condition causes the entire surface of the body an even shade of light slaty blue, which is the typical phenotype known as '"self ...
This is a list of the true bantam breeds of chicken, breeds which are naturally small and do not have a corresponding "full-size" version. Barbu d'Anvers (Antwerpse Baardkriel) [1] Barbu d'Everberg (Everbergse Baardkriel) [1] Barbu d'Uccle (Ukkelse Baardkriel) [1] Barbu de Boitsfort (Bosvoordse Baardkriel) [1] Barbu de Grubbe (Grubbe Baardkriel ...
Millefleur, black mottled and white varieties. The Barbu d'Uccle or Belgian d'Uccle, [7] [8] Dutch: Ukkelse Baardkriel, is a Belgian breed of bearded bantam chicken.It was first bred in the town of Uccle on the outskirts of Brussels, in central Belgium, in the early years of the twentieth century.
Green iridescence is desired for "beetle black" show chickens. Blue Sumatra dark blue-laced Andalusian Splash or Blue Splashed White Sumatra Silkie Splash is the homozygous form of Blue Buff Lavender: Red lavender Red Red is the intensified version of Buff White: Silkie
The Booted Bantam or Dutch Booted Bantam is a European breed of true bantam chicken.It is characterised by abundant feathering on the feet and shanks, which gives it a "booted" appearance; and by vulture hocks, long stiff downward-pointing feathers on backs of the thighs, [4]: 139 from which the Dutch name Sabelpoot ("sabre-legged") derives.
A red pyle Dutch Bantam cock. This class contains all the bantam breeds with a single comb, excluding the game bantams: [1] [3] Ancona (single comb) Andalusian; Australorp; Campine; Catalana; Delaware; Dorking (single comb) Dutch; Holland; Japanese; Java; Jersey Giant; Lakenvelder; Lamona; Leghorn (single comb) Minorca (single comb) Naked-neck ...
In number, the Barbu de Watermael is today the second bantam breed in Belgium, with a population of 764 in 2010; it was classed as "in danger" in that year. [1] In the United States the breed is recognized by the American Bantam Association as the Watermaal. The varieties currently recognized are black, blue, buff, mottled, quail, and white. [3]
The Old English Game is a British breed of domestic chicken.It was probably originally bred for cockfighting. [4] Two different standards are recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain: Carlisle Old English Game and Oxford Old English Game. [6]