This is a hen I bought 3mths ago. She is 10 months old now. All I can tell you is what I saw and was told by the breeder. I went there to look at another bird, but was curious when I saw her. The breeder told me it was a green/yellow (His words). Clearly that's not the case.
The father was a grey green and the mother was a cinnamon green. They had a clutch of 4 chicks. Three grey green and one green. My immediate thoughts were Dom. pied, but none of the parents were pied. A closer look of the cock and another nestmate showed a colour variation. They had yellowish, even mustard like patches on their shoulders. That's it, no other pied effect. The breeder had no other genetic history of the parents.
I purchased the bird as a result of curiosity and as a rescue, because it was in a over crowded aviary. She was thin and as you can see in poor feather condition. I had her quarantined for 2 months, and treated her for all parasites. My friend, a breeder mentioned liver disease as a possibility for the way she looks. However, at that young age I didn't believe this to be a factor.
She has put on weight and has a good appetite, being on a better diet and is very active. She shows no signs of any illness.
I have never owned pieds and only seen a few, it wasn't the direction i would have considered in my breeding program. However, i took a punt on her to see what she could be. So I am wondering if she fits the characteristics of a dom. pied. I picked her up for the price of a wild type green, so i dont have much invested in her, but am curious to see what happens when she molts at the end of summer. it will be interesting to see if she retains this pied effect.
Sorry about the poor quality of the photos, should have made them smaller.
Any thoughts would be welcome.
Cheers Kappa.
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