Hey everybody. I did a gamefowl hatch this past week. I've only hatched one chick from them in the past, a little cockerel who turned out just like I expected - Silver Duckwing with lots of red thanks to his daddy's autosomal red. These guys, not so much.
I put in 5 gamefowl eggs and three hatched. Here they are:
The Duckwing chick is what I expected to get. Although I was a little phased by the single comb - but, I don't know the history of either parent, so I'm thinking maybe momma is a heterozygous pea comb bird and dad was single comb before being dubbed?
The other two have me totally stumped. Is this recessive white or something?
I know for sure this wasn't an accidental crossbreed. The father and mother are kept separate from the rest of my flock at all times as the female is highly aggressive and the male is an ex-fighting cock, and they can't be allowed with other chickens.
Another note - all three chicks have pink/yellow legs, but momma's were slate and daddy's were willow. I'm not familiar with leg color genetics so that's a bit confusing.
Parents:
And my results doing this cross on the chicken calculator, just like I expected:
I put in 5 gamefowl eggs and three hatched. Here they are:
The Duckwing chick is what I expected to get. Although I was a little phased by the single comb - but, I don't know the history of either parent, so I'm thinking maybe momma is a heterozygous pea comb bird and dad was single comb before being dubbed?
The other two have me totally stumped. Is this recessive white or something?
I know for sure this wasn't an accidental crossbreed. The father and mother are kept separate from the rest of my flock at all times as the female is highly aggressive and the male is an ex-fighting cock, and they can't be allowed with other chickens.
Another note - all three chicks have pink/yellow legs, but momma's were slate and daddy's were willow. I'm not familiar with leg color genetics so that's a bit confusing.
Parents:
And my results doing this cross on the chicken calculator, just like I expected: