Cross questions

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Ooo, that'd be cool. Would that theory hold true for a buffxSLW too? Sex linked would be terribly helpful. I still want to try a SLW cross at some point. That SLWxRIR cross looks vaguely like a mille fleur.
So the SLW crossed with a solid (like a RIR) does produce some lacing in the first generation.

That mystery chick looks sort of like Lauralou's EE Daisy. Could she be an EE perhaps? Are her legs green or yellow?

 

[Jayare's Chicks]

Wow I didn't know or even think about that. I guess I need to give them the once over (or even twice or three times) and try to figure out if I can tell what sex they are. With those combs it's hard to tell the sex untill they are older.

Jayare

 

[lauralou]

You know, that mystery chick does look a bit like my Daisy did. Here she is at around 3-4 weeks: (She's the one in front)

and here she is now:

Green legs, pea comb, lays a nice blue egg. Very pretty bird.

 

[lauralou]

As to the sex linkage of the Silver gene...

Here's how I understand it.

Silver is dominant to gold. And the gene for silver/gold is located on the sex chromosome.

A hen will have only one gene here, as she lacks the second sex chromosome, thus making her a hen, right?

So a silver-based hen will be "S_", genetically speaking.

A male has 2 sex chromosomes, so has 2 genes for silver/gold. Since we are talking about a gold male, and the gold coloration is recessive, the male will be "ss".

ss X S_ gives the following options for offspring:

Ss = Male bird, Silver coloration.
and
s_ = Female bird, gold coloration.

Now, as always, I suspect that things can be more complicated than that. I'm not very savvy with the genetics yet. But I'm betting that your gold birds are pullets, and your silver one is a roo. You must update us if he crows!

And I believe it is possible to separate the sexes at hatching, by down color. Of course, I have no practical experience with this, just a headful of unsubstantiated theories!

 

[Jayare's Chicks]

Ok, I looked at those chicks today and I can not tell yet. The silver one has a wider comb than the two brown ones so is that how you tell the sex on wyandotes with those pea combs?

The mystery chick came from a brown egg and has light green and yellow (mottled) colored legs with a single comb. Any guesses as to what this chick may be? Maybe won't be able to tell till it is older.

Jayare

 

[Jayare's Chicks]

I just looked at those 3 wyandottes again and noticed the black and white (silver) one has yellow legs and the other two (buff/brown) ones have greenish/black legs. Does this mean anything also?

Jayare

 

[ChickenWisperer]

Yep, Ive got a little BOxRIR cockerel. Here he is;

He is quite a energetic boy....loves to run around, and generally act crazy! And it doesnt seem like he will get nearly as large as his father; my cuckoo morans cockerel is quite a bit larger than he is at this point! Oh, and he now is getting a lovely 'barring' on the inside of his black tailfeathers. He has gotten more of a reddish-gold tint since this picture was taken, as well.

Hope this helps you.

 

[lauralou]

Jayare,

I believe that both RIR and SLW should have yellow legs. I don't have either breed, so I don't know for certain. Anyway, I have no explanation for why the chicks would have any color legs other than yellow. I wish a real genetics guru would join our discussion...

As far as the combs go, I think that Wyandottes have rose combs. My Dominiques have rose combs, and I imagine that they are quite similar. I looked back over some old pics, trying to see how different the cockerels' combs were from the pullets' combs. The little cockerels got red in the face WAY early, and got a bit of height and dimension on the comb. And dropped little wattles. This cockerel is about 8 weeks old:

The pullets kept flat combs much longer, no wattles showing. This pic shows three cockerels, with one pullet. She's the darker colored one in front. Taken the same day, I believe.

And here she is, all by herself. Notice that she has NOTHING going on in the comb/wattle department.

I don't know if those pictures will be helpful to you at all, what with the difference in the breeds... How old are your chicks? It's possible that I would have pics of my Doms at exactly the same age.

As for the mystery chick, we'll just have to keep an eye on her. Or him. Could turn out to be anything! Fun! The green on the legs implies that she is a mixed breed, as green legs come from the combination of yellow legs and slate legs, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

If it helps, my SLW has a rose comb and my GLW has a single comb. Dunno why. I believe both have yellowish legs. Both are hatchery chicks though so there is no guarantee as to the purity of the line.
I'll try to post pics after I get home.

 

[ChickenWisperer]

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Thats normal. Although the breed standard for wyandottes is a rose comb, there is a reoccuring, random gene for the single as i understand it.


My SLW has a single, and my GLW has a rose. =P