Feather foot? Questions.

[MasterOfAllChickens111]

I wanna learn more about genetics for chickens. So, I’m asking about feathered feet. Is it dominant or recessive? Can it be sex-linked? I had a mix of a OEGB Bantam and a Wydandotte Bantam. He is now a grown man. He “married” and had kids with a pure-blood buff Cochin Bantam. Well, they had 4 kids. The first had little feathers on the feet but not many. (They’ll probably go away when he gets older). The second is a girl. She has full-feathered feet. The third is the same as the first. The fourth had no feathered feet. All together it was 3 boys and 1 girl.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I wanna learn more about genetics for chickens. So, I’m asking about feathered feet. Is it dominant or recessive? Can it be sex-linked? I had a mix of a OEGB Bantam and a Wydandotte Bantam. He is now a grown man. He “married” and had kids with a pure-blood buff Cochin Bantam. Well, they had 4 kids. The first had little feathers on the feet but not many. (They’ll probably go away when he gets older). The second is a girl. She has full-feathered feet. The third is the same as the first. The fourth had no feathered feet. All together it was 3 boys and 1 girl.

The Feather Footed Gene is dominate. It can show up with one, or two copies: Pti/Pti, or Pti/pti+
Not all offspring will inherite the feather footed genes: pti+/pti+

 

[allosaurusrock]

Yep, dominant, but can carry not having feathered feet, so chicks can have either depending on what the other parent is like.

 

[MasterOfAllChickens111]

Can a chicken be a carrier of feathered feet?

 

[Bullitt]

Can a chicken be a carrier of feathered feet?

I edited this.

If the feathered-foot gene is dominant, a chicken should have feathered feet if it has a feathered-foot gene.

 

[MasterOfAllChickens111]

I mean. Can a chicken carry the gene without showing it? Is it like a frizzle? It only has it if it shows.

 

[FortCluck]

Feathered feet Gene is dominant. All my Cochin/jersey giant crosses all have feathered feet. None came out with clean legs.

 

[allosaurusrock]

It only has it if it shows.

 

[MasterOfAllChickens111]

Thank you everyone!