Creating Experimental Black Crele Chickens (Different Genetics, new variety)

[MysteryChicken]

thanks for the updates

You're welcome. The feathering on the leg of the one chick isn't going away, it just grew in more.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Why would it be expected to go away?
Had a coronation Sussex cockerel born once with lightly eathered legs from out of no wheres. Kept him for a few years and it never went away.

 

[nicalandia]

Why would it be expected to go away?

I have had a few where you can see chick down on the shanks and as they mature it just went away or were hardly visible.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I have had a few where you can see chick down on the shanks and as they mature it just went away or were hardly visible.

The chick isn't losing it's leg feathering. At what age do they lose them? That chick is 4 weeks old now, and still has the feathers on the leg that just grew in more.

 

[nicalandia]

The chick isn't losing it's leg feathering. At what age do they lose them? That chick is 4 weeks old now, and still has the feathers on the leg that just grew in more.

Your chick will not lose them at this stage and most likely will not lose them ever

 

[MysteryChicken]

Your chick will not lose them at this stage.

Okay, at what stage of growth will the feathering go away at exactly?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Your chick will not lose them at this stage and most likely will not lose them ever

Okay, what causes recessive leg feathering on a clean legged chicken?

 

[Cyprus]

Okay, what causes recessive leg feathering on a clean legged chicken?

You answered your own question. Recessive genes.

 

[MysteryChicken]

You answered your own question. Recessive genes.

I don't see how that's an answer to my question. Is it a gene mutation within a clean legged chickens genetics, or something hidden within one of the parents DNA that appeared in one of the offspring?

 

[Cyprus]

I don't see how that's an answer to my question. Is it a gene mutation within a clean legged chickens genetics, or something hidden within one of the parents DNA that appeared in one of the offspring?

What?
A gene is DNA. Literally mutations are genes. All chickens have DNA and genes. Every living thing has genes.
Genes are controlled by DNA. DNA resides on chromosomes. Genes can switch on or off based on proteins.

Recessive genes don't have to show in the parents. Dominant genes do. Are you familiar with polygenic inheritance? In this case, it is unknown if the leg feathering is simply a recessive gene or a polygenic trait.