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What would the roosters from this cross look like? Would the Non Hen-feathering be dominant over the hen-feathering or would it mediate between the two with the offspring being hen-feathered with some pointed hackle/saddle/sickle feathers?

The reason I ask is because I have a SebrightxAustralorp crossed chick that may be a rooster, judging from the comb/wattles alone. I was wondering if I would still be able to sex it by feathers.
 
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From what I read about Hen-Feathered Males there is no affect on his sons but the daughters will be better marked. Now some Hen-Feathered Males are infertile.

Chris
 
Thanks Chris and Shelley
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I do have a question though. If the hen-feathered male contributes to his female offspring, does that mean the roosters get their hen-feathering from their mother?
 
Henny feathering is dominant.
But one dose differs from two doses.
The male sickle feathers should be straightened.
The onset of this typical feathering differs also between 1 or 2 doses, can't remember the details.

When 2 doses the males can also have typical female colors like a wheaten hen or a pencilled partridge. Salmon breasted like in light brown, I wonder...
 
I'm sorry I think I may have worded that wrong.. What I should have said is that a henny will only affect the feathers in his daughters but can give the gene to his son so that his son has the ability to produce hennys...
Whit that said yes your rooster could have the gene...

Have you bread him to any Sebright hens yet? If so how did they come out...

Chris
 
No, I haven't bred him to the hens. Actually, I should say he WON'T breed with them. He prefers the standard girls over them. I hatched 7 Sebright eggs in April and they all turned out to be fathered by my Silkie rooster.
 
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Chris,

Do you have a reference of this? Why would henny feathering have an effect on females that already have henny feathering.
Henny feathering affects males, and it is NOT recessive.
 

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