Cuz's chat thread!

[dan26552]

Yeah.

 

[CuzChickens]

Hey, Dan! Welcome to the thread!

 

[CuzChickens]

Crests look awesome. That's why it's such a bummer they're not good.

Well you can get crested ducks if you love em so much...I want ANY ducks!

 

[dan26552]

Well you can get crested ducks if you love em so much...I want ANY ducks!

The thing is the crest is a lethal gene.

 

[CuzChickens]

But, aren't there ducks bred FOR crests, like Polish chickens?

 

[dan26552]

But, aren't there ducks bred FOR crests, like Polish chickens?

Yep, crests are very sought after and yet deadly. If you breed two crested then something like 25% die from a double crested gene 25% aren't crested and 50% are and some of those might die later from numerological damage.

 

[HeavensHens88]

But, aren't there ducks bred FOR crests, like Polish chickens?

Yeah. The breed's called a Crested. But the actual "crest" grows from a hole that's invisible to our eyes in the skull. And the Crested gene is lethal, so like every 25% of Crested ducklings die in the egg. Around 50% die after hatching from neurological disorders. In other breeds, a crest shows up due to a mutation in their regular gene pool.

 

[CuzChickens]

Yep, crests are very sought after and yet deadly. If you breed two crested then something like 25% die from a double crested gene 25% aren't crested and 50% are and some of those might die later from numerological damage.

WHAT?!?! You learn something new every day, but that is so sad!

 

[HeavensHens88]

But, aren't there ducks bred FOR crests, like Polish chickens?

Yep, crests are very sought after and yet deadly. If you breed two crested then something like 25% die from a double crested gene 25% aren't crested and 50% are and some of those might die later from numerological damage.

But, aren't there ducks bred FOR crests, like Polish chickens?

Yeah. The breed's called a Crested. But the actual "crest" grows from a hole that's invisible to our eyes in the skull. And the Crested gene is lethal, so like every 25% of Crested ducklings die in the egg. Around 50% die after hatching from neurological disorders. In other breeds, a crest shows up due to a mutation in their regular gene pool.

XD Dan and I wrote basically the same thing without seeing each other.

 

[dan26552]

WHAT?!?! You learn something new every day, but that is so sad!

Yep. And I just so happen to have gotten some crested ducks in my hatchery surprise. Oh well.

(Though I bred the one that started the conversation. )