Double-Dose Barring in Minorca Cockerel--How??

[Krys109uk]

How could a bird from such a cross hae two barring genes? The answer to that is, theoretically, it can't. Perhaps it might be a plan to grow him on & cross back to your minoras to see whether the bird really does have two barring genes.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Perhaps it's my wording...

I'm trying to say that his barring is lighter, such as with the normal Barred Plymouth Rock pattern, than the darker-barred female. I have always said that it is "double-dosed" since it appears that are more lines on a male than on a female.

What would the correct term be?

 

[19hhbelgian]

Just wondering if this is going to be a color project for you? They look like they have nice barring (but I'm no expert), and getting the white skin...

Would seem to me you'd be off to a decent start?

PS: Your "bird in question" looks like a Jail Bird in the pic where you're holding him with his legs dangling... Don't know why, but that was the VERY FIRST thing that came to my mind when I saw him!

 

[Krys109uk]

What would the correct term be?

The term works. The cause of barred Plymouth Rock males appearing lighter, having thinner tighter barring, is the effect of having two barring genes. The effect is dose dependent.​

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

ah, well good to know I'm not completely off in terminology.

What would breeding them together prove? Or do you mean breed him to a non-barred female in order to prove the presence of the double-dose of barring?

 

[Krys109uk]

Or do you mean breed him to a non-barred female in order to prove the presence of the double-dose of barring?

Yes.

I'd breed him back to minorcas.​

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

So breeding him to his "sisters" isn't in the best interests of breeding for a barred Minorca?

 

[Chris09]

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If it was me and Im half nuts anyway I would put him in with a minorca and one of his sisters and then you can see what happens eather way..

Chris

 

[Krys109uk]

So breeding him to his "sisters" isn't in the best interests of breeding for a barred Minorca?

I was thinking purely on the basis of finding out if he really was carrying two barring genes. Personally, I think he probably isn't .....but stranger things have happened at sea.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Any idea why he came out so light compared to the females?