Chicken Genetics

[DuckBoy]

Ok thankyou. I am currently conducting a breeding project to recreate the delaware strain on chicken. My first cross was a Barred rock Roo over New Hampshire hens which I am calling F1's. Well here is where my neck feather came from. My F1 rooster that i kept for the next step of the project is barred with some random red feather and a pretty white neck. So thats why I was wondering.

 

[Arielle]

DUckBOy, have you contacted KathyImo? SHe has also developed her own line in recent years. I don't know, but she might be a helpful resource.

 

[DuckBoy]

She has some stuff going on right now, but i have always wanted to do this project and i have looked at her stuff

 

[jesirose]

What a great thread - You guys have so much great information. Thanks for sharing it

 

[Arielle]

She has some stuff going on right now, but i have always wanted to do this project and i have looked at her stuff

On another thread this was just posted-- might help you to search these resources.

Also, check the old lit in Google Books and archive.org . Once, Delaware were the big thing. At a time when many people were writing about poultry raising. Probably a lot there.


The chicken Univeristy thread might be worth checking over-- I get burned out trying to abosrb everything, so I have missed the last 800 posts-- perhaps they covered the Dels already and a nugget of info is hiding there.

 

[3riverschick]

Quote: Why not try Barred Rock over a Light Sussex? Sussex and Delaware both have the same Genotype ( eWh/eWh S/S Co/Co) , except the Delaware also carries the barred gene?
Best,
Karen

 

[tadkerson]

Ok thankyou. I am currently conducting a breeding project to recreate the delaware strain on chicken. My first cross was a Barred rock Roo over New Hampshire hens which I am calling F1's. Well here is where my neck feather came from. My F1 rooster that i kept for the next step of the project is barred with some random red feather and a pretty white neck. So thats why I was wondering.

Your males carry a gold allele they inherited from the mother. This is typical of silver/gold heterozygotes. In the future generations you produce, there should not be a problem with the red.

Have you decided what to do in your next cross?

Karen,

Light sussex have white skin. Using new hampshire gets away from the white skin- less to deal with in a breeding regimen. Barred rock are normally silver so that is where the silver will come from to produce a delaware.


Tim