Do I want to learn about genetics? Yes. Is it very intimidating and scary? Yes.

[EmmaRainboe]

The plus simply means that is the wildtype version of the gene instead of a mutation, for example: e+ (duckwing) /- means that it is a female bird with a sexlinked gene, so it can’t have two alleles, only one.

Is the /- the thing that means female? If so what means male?

What does e+ mean? What is a wildtype version of something?

 

[Amer]

Is the /- the thing that means female? If so what means male?

No. There is usually nothing to indicate female or male, but that means it’s a female with a sexlinked gene. For example, male crele:
e+e+BB
Female crele:
e+e+B/-
Only the sexlinked gene has the /-

Does that make sense? I can explain further.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

No. There is usually nothing to indicate female or male, but that means it’s a female with a sexlinked gene. For example, male crele:
e+e+BB
Female crele:
e+e+B/-
Only the sexlinked gene has the /-

Does that make sense? I can explain further.

Does B mean "barred" and because it's male it has two copies? Where as females only have one B and the - is kind of like a placeholder?

 

[MysteryChicken]

The Orpingtons I'm working on.

Dino

Goober

Dino's sister/Goober's mom.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

The Orpingtons I'm working on.

DinoView attachment 2442769GooberView attachment 2442772Dino's sister/Goober's mom.View attachment 2442776

Incredible! And the shine on his feathers is remarkable!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Incredible! And the shine on his feathers is remarkable!

Thanks, the shine is what makes these guys eye catchy. I'm working with E^Wh, or Wheaten.

 

[EverV]

No. There is usually nothing to indicate female or male, but that means it’s a female with a sexlinked gene. For example, male crele:
e+e+BB
Female crele:
e+e+B/-
Only the sexlinked gene has the /-

Does that make sense? I can explain further.

Makes more sense than it did a few seconds ago. So if you were doing the sexlinking with bars, and the females were to not have barring, what would the genotype (sorry if that's not the right word) be? And is the - the trait that only the females would have (can it go the other way too?)? So could the - be the lack of barring? Sorry, I am probably completely wrong and making no sense. I'm new to the world of chicken genetics.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Thanks, the shine is what makes these guys eye catchy. I'm working with E^Wh, or Wheaten.

what does the uppercase E mean? Is it cause wheaten is dominant or something? So it's a dominant wheaten gene?

 

[EverV]

The Orpingtons I'm working on.

DinoView attachment 2442769GooberView attachment 2442772Dino's sister/Goober's mom.View attachment 2442776

Beautiful birds! Goober is my personal fave . The shine on the feathers is def incredible!

 

[black_cat]

No. There is usually nothing to indicate female or male, but that means it’s a female with a sexlinked gene. For example, male crele:
e+e+BB
Female crele:
e+e+B/-
Only the sexlinked gene has the /-

Does that make sense? I can explain further.

It makes more sense than before. Will the female always have the sexlinked gene, or is that just true of crele? Does the /- indicate female as well as sex linked or just sex linked?