In April 2024, we officially began working with Paint, along with a few other varieties. 

The Lore

Paint is a relatively newer variety, first accepted in 2018, and has quickly become one of the more common ones. Despite its popularity, finding quality Paints and Dominant Whites without hidden partridge, blue, or red/khaki leakage remains a significant challenge.

Removing these issues has always been our goal since we first started working with Paint and it may take us many years before we are able to fully keep a line of "clean" Paints.

Spots

Paints with big and crisp spots are ideal! You want them to look similar to the well-known black and white cow print. This similarity is what actually drove me to work with Paints. I have a strong liking for cow print and own several pair of pants with cow print! Big and bold spots are our focus when it comes to Paints.

Recessive Genetics

Our pen has been extensively tested for recessive white and lavender. All of our breeders have either tested clean for both genes or are derived from our clean breeders.

Recessive white and lavender frequently turn up in varieties where they don’t belong, so making sure our birds are genuinely clean is a top priority at Her Chickies.

However, like many other breeders, we are still working to eliminate any traces of partridge and leakage.

We have also yet to experience any Blue or Splash offspring from our Paint pen.

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