Duck breeding and chances of a crest deformation.

[drumstick diva]

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[CarpCharacin]

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I've moved your thread to the Ducks forum, and merged it with your other thread. Your second thread was in the chicken genetics forum.

 

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[CrazyDuckDude816]

Cresting is a dominant gene, so yes, about half of the offspring would be crested. As with all crested ducks, they will be at risk of having neurological issues due to the cresting.

Thank you so much! I was wondering if it were a dominate gene or not!

 

[TomCahalan]

Thank you so much! I was wondering if it were a dominate gene or not!

Yes, and it is lethal when homozygous. Therefore, your crested duck carries one dominant crested allele, and one recessive regular allele.

 

[CrazyDuckDude816]

Yes, and it is lethal when homozygous. Therefore, your crested duck carries one dominant crested allele, and one recessive regular allele.

Yes, it's quite sad to breed two together.But my beutiful crested named duckie is only breeding with his 4 non-crested hens.