Barred mixes

[Rowdytrike]

What will u get if u mix barred rooster with barred dark hen offsprings can u copy the rooster or will the offspring be black

 

[nicalandia]

What will u get if u mix barred rooster with barred dark hen offsprings can u copy the rooster or will the offspring be black

No Blacks from a homozygous barred rooster and a Barred hen

 

[Rowdytrike]

What will u get if u mix barred rooster with barred dark hen offsprings can u copy the rooster or will the offspring be black

Sorry I mean dark barred or can I get same as rooster silver barred

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Females can only either be barred or not barred with the barring gene. If by 'silver barred' you mean lighter like the males that are pure for the gene, the answer is no. Females are not able to be light barred with this gene like a male pure for the gene is, so a Barred female is always going to be dark barred. This is because it's a sexlinked gene that can only be present on the Z chromosome. In birds, males have a pair of Z chromosomes, but females have a ZW pairing of sex chromosomes instead. Because of this, males can have zero, one, or two barring genes (b+/b+, B/b+, or B/B), but females can only have either zero or one copy (b+/- or B/-, with the dash symbolizing the W chromosome where the gene does not reside). More copies of the gene makes wider white bars, which is why males pure for the gene (B/B) are lighter than Barred females (B/-) or males with only one copy of the gene (B/b+). I hope that all makes sense!

If your male is dark barred and bred to a Barred female, then you'd get 25% Barred males pure for barring, 25% dark barred males like the father, 25% Barred females, and 25% Black females.

 

[Rowdytrike]

Females can only either be barred or not barred with the barring gene. If by 'silver barred' you mean lighter like the males that are pure for the gene, the answer is no. Females are not able to be light barred with this gene like a male pure for the gene is, so a Barred female is always going to be dark barred. This is because it's a sexlinked gene that can only be present on the Z chromosome. In birds, males have a pair of Z chromosomes, but females have a ZW pairing of sex chromosomes instead. Because of this, males can have zero, one, or two barring genes (b+/b+, B/b+, or B/B), but females can only have either zero or one copy (b+/- or B/-, with the dash symbolizing the W chromosome where the gene does not reside). More copies of the gene makes wider white bars, which is why males pure for the gene (B/B) are lighter than Barred females (B/-) or males with only one copy of the gene (B/b+). I hope that all makes sense!

If your male is dark barred and bred to a Barred female, then you'd get 25% Barred males pure for barring, 25% dark barred males like the father, 25% Barred females, and 25% Black females.

Thank you so much

 

[brushy_chicks]

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