From the irregular-sized eggs to the twisted carrots in the garden, homegrown food has a rustic charm that screams, âIâm the real deal!â. However, there are a lot of folks who very accustomed to the uniform, âeverything must look exactly the sameâ food from the grocery store.
A true calico cat is orange -- sometimes referred to as red -- black and white. The cat typically has patches of these colors in varying sizes and locations over her entire body.
Three distinct colors must be present for a cat to be considered a calico. Because color is related to the x chromosome, well over 95% of cats with this color pattern turn out to be female. Females have two x chromosomes, so in this case, one x chromosome will have the orange gene and the other will have the black.