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post #11 of 34
8/7/12 at 5:37pm

  Extra short legs aren't a good thing in poultry as a rule. Why not concentrate on another trait. For info on the effects of extra short legs in poultry, read the history of Scots Dumpy and Dorking chickens.

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post #12 of 34
8/8/12 at 7:19am
For whatever reason, the short legged genes in Ohiki are not lethal when two short legged are bred together.....ohiki breeders including myself have been doing this for years.................................chrisf

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post #13 of 34
8/8/12 at 7:27am

Then they don't have the extreme short legs of the chabo, japanese bantam

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post #14 of 34
8/8/12 at 8:12am

They seem to be just as short as Japanese bantams.....................................chrisf700

 

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post #15 of 34
8/8/12 at 8:25am

Ohiki don't carry the Creeper Gene and there legs are no where as short as a good Japanese Bantam.

 

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post #16 of 34
8/9/12 at 4:23am

If the creeper gene gets lost in the japanese bantams they still have quite short legs for a chicken. Else you wouldn't get the extreme short legs.

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post #17 of 34
8/10/12 at 1:41am
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Nobody thinks they have the creeper gene. Keep asking and someone will give you the answer you want but it won't change their genetics. Keep asking the same question hoping someone will answer the they way you want will only make people stop trying to help you.  Tom

ok. Im just asking... 

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post #18 of 34
8/10/12 at 1:46am
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so I must then wait for the eggs to hatch then lets see If they will produce more short legs... which I am hoping to happen, even though you think that it does not have the creeper gene... thank you

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post #19 of 34
8/10/12 at 12:17pm
How long before the eggs hatch? Would like to know the outcome. Could you post the results?
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post #20 of 34
8/10/12 at 1:08pm
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Nobody thinks they have the creeper gene. Keep asking and someone will give you the answer you want but it won't change their genetics. Keep asking the same question hoping someone will answer the they way you want will only make people stop trying to help you.  Tom

This was rather rude. I think the OP was meerly trying to understand the meaning of "creeper gene" & was asking if it was carried by his birds. I myself was confused by the comment so can see where the OP would be as well.

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