Nederlandse versie (Dutch version)

Introducing the Dominant White factor into Vorwerk pattern; it dilutes black areas on a chicken to white.

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Red pyle Dutch bantam * Vorwerk bantam

e+/e+,co+/co+,I/i+,s+/s+ * e^b/e^b,Co/Co,i+/i+,s+/- plus (het?) hackleblack melanizers (Ml, charcoal?)

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F1:

White patterned Buff Columbian

e+/e^b,Co/co+,I/i+,s+/(s+) plus heterozygote (multiple?) hackleblack melanizers

Backcross both males above to mother Vorwerk bantam

F2:

Cockerels:

Most showed far better white hackle color than their sire.

This is not a typical outcome of a backcross!

The male above is probably Co/Co rendering a red tint on the body.

I suspect that homozygosity of Co (and e^b) also improve the hackleblackness.

Pullet:

Male further matured: