Colloncas, Huastecs, & Quechuas

[Grannychick55]

I did manage to get a pic loaded

 

[Grannychick55]

this a pic of one I hatched from Yashar

 

[poularde]

I cannot get pics to download of the Colloncas Yashar sent I hatched 4 from eggs they are all rumpless

He must be related to my Sailor.

He looked very similar to him when he was young.

Here is a juvenile pic...

 

[Grannychick55]

As promised, here are the pictures of the Quechua cockerel and pullet. I love the color of both of them. The cockerel's legs are the same color as his feathers.

I have a pair of SPQ maybe we should trade eggs to keep new blood in the line I will get pics tomorrow. They are very pretty

 

[Grannychick55]

He must be related to my Sailor. He looked very similar to him when he was young. Here is a juvenile pic...

I hope so he is beautiful

 

[Grannychick55]

I have had great luck with the Huastecs Yashar sent I have been hatching all of the eggs they are laying. I will post pics tomorrow. I am going to habe sell some eggs I cannot bring myself to eat them and they are laying good.

 

[Penny Hen]

I have had great luck with the Huastecs Yashar sent I have been hatching all of the eggs they are laying. I will post pics tomorrow. I am going to have sell some eggs I cannot bring myself to eat them and they are laying good.

Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me!!!!

 

[Penny Hen]

We had been talking about the inheritability of rumplessness. I made the statement that it could be that it was controlled by multiple genes and made an analogy to it working like a slot machine. Here is a scientific but clear to the average person description of this from Wikipedia:

Quantitative traits

Polygenic inheritance refers to inheritance of a phenotypic characteristic (trait) that is attributable to two or more genes and can be measured quantitatively. Multifactorial inheritance refers to polygenic inheritance that also includes interactions with the environment. Unlike monogenic traits, polygenic traits do not follow patterns of Mendelian inheritance (separated traits). Instead, their phenotypes typically vary along a continuous gradient depicted by a bell curve.[1]
An example of a polygenic trait is human skin color variation. Several genes factor into determining a person's natural skin color, so modifying only one of those genes can change skin color slightly or in some cases, such as for SLC24A5, moderately. Many disorders with genetic components are polygenic, including autism, cancer, diabetes and numerous others. Most phenotypic characteristics are the result of the interaction of multiple genes.

 

[Grannychick55]

I am not sure what I got... Out of 9 "Colloncas" that hatched, 4 have tails. I thought "Collonca" meant tailless (rumpless). I also thought rumplessness was a dominant trait so I am not understanding where these tails came from? . Here are pictures of the rumpless ones from this same hatch. All the eggs had a big "C" on them, were the same color and size. The large cockerel on the left is a Sweet Potato Quechua and the one on the right is an Aracuana/Leghorn cross cockerel. You can see the dark brown Collonca in between This one is incredibly tiny - about 1/3 the size of the other south americans. At this point, I am definitely not going to offer any hatching eggs because I really do not know what I have. I am going to breed the tailless ones together and see what they produce.

this a pic of one I hatched from YasharI have heard them talk about basket batam maybe that is what you have

 

[Penny Hen]

this a pic of one I hatched from YasharI have heard them talk about basket batam maybe that is what you have

Well the Basket Bantam is one of the progenitors of the Quechua. It would make sense that you would get a throwback occasionally.