I think maybe I wasn't clear then. I crossed the Rose straight F0 roo to a pea comb f0 hen. I then crossed that offspring F1 back to the f0 roo to confirm straight recessive. The offspring of the F0 roo and F1 hen had some straight combs. Is this not how you confirm recessives?
This is the chance of the two black laced red roos that I have being homozygous from my two hens. 50% from one mother. It would be only 25% from the other, but since neither have the pure straight comb that can be eliminated as a percentage chance, leaving 33 percent chance of homozygous and 66 percent hetrozygus. The average chance of hetrozygus between both mothers is 50% + 33% /2 which is roughly 42 percent.
I'm not planning on taking anything away from the wyandotte, simply adding. I do not want the straight comb, I'm trying to eliminate it. The bearded muff straight chick would pass the straight comb to all her offspring resulting all recessive straights or homo straights. She would be a poor addition to the breeding program. Her mother however is 50% wyandotte and carries a walnut comb and could potentially make homozygous rose with beards muffs and lacing.
I know they will be mutts, but that is pretty much how most breeds were developed, including the blue laced reds.
The olive eggers wouldn't be dark olives. Assuming homozygous blue, blue plus brown of any shade should equal green of varying shades. But for what it's worth, I do have a marans hen and laced Easter egger that I'm attempting to cross. The broodies we're just surrogate moms for my other breedings. This girl is an F1 that I kept because she displayed nice lacing.
This is a cull cockerer with incorrect leg colors, but displaying the mahogany and comb nicely.
This is the chance of the two black laced red roos that I have being homozygous from my two hens. 50% from one mother. It would be only 25% from the other, but since neither have the pure straight comb that can be eliminated as a percentage chance, leaving 33 percent chance of homozygous and 66 percent hetrozygus. The average chance of hetrozygus between both mothers is 50% + 33% /2 which is roughly 42 percent.
I'm not planning on taking anything away from the wyandotte, simply adding. I do not want the straight comb, I'm trying to eliminate it. The bearded muff straight chick would pass the straight comb to all her offspring resulting all recessive straights or homo straights. She would be a poor addition to the breeding program. Her mother however is 50% wyandotte and carries a walnut comb and could potentially make homozygous rose with beards muffs and lacing.
I know they will be mutts, but that is pretty much how most breeds were developed, including the blue laced reds.
The olive eggers wouldn't be dark olives. Assuming homozygous blue, blue plus brown of any shade should equal green of varying shades. But for what it's worth, I do have a marans hen and laced Easter egger that I'm attempting to cross. The broodies we're just surrogate moms for my other breedings. This girl is an F1 that I kept because she displayed nice lacing.
This is a cull cockerer with incorrect leg colors, but displaying the mahogany and comb nicely.
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