Genetic Traits of Mixed Breeds? What's dominant?

[dutchbunny83]

Hi everyone!
I recently hatched some mail order mystery eggs where there was a whole list of possibilities for the dad and possibilities for the mom.
In trying to guess what these little guys are, I started questioning dominance and recessiveness in chicken genes, but couldn't find anything on the internet.
So I came to the most helpful chicken resource I know of!

I was wondering what the offspring would be if.....

One parent had the standard 4 toes and one had 5?

One parent has a single comb and the other has pea or some other type?

One had a distinctive feature such as the polish top hat or silkie gene and one was a "normal" breed of chicken?

What about a standard size breeding with a bantam? Are some big, some bantam or are all pretty much a medium size smaller than a regular chicken larger than a bantam?

Or any other genetic match-ups you guys can think of!
I tried doing one of those basic genetic 4 box charts you do in biology class then realized I have no idea what is dominant and what is recessive. Or if they are like height in humans and can average out...

THANKS FOR ANY INSIGHT!!!

 

[dutchbunny83]

Thought of a couple more---

black skin like in the silkie vs regular skin tone of others?

one feather legged parent and one clean legged parent?

 

[Henk69]

Googled your words "dominance and recessiveness in chicken genes". Resources came a poppin'...

 

[tadkerson]

Hi everyone!
I recently hatched some mail order mystery eggs where there was a whole list of possibilities for the dad and possibilities for the mom.
In trying to guess what these little guys are, I started questioning dominance and recessiveness in chicken genes, but couldn't find anything on the internet.
So I came to the most helpful chicken resource I know of!

I was wondering what the offspring would be if.....

One parent had the standard 4 toes and one had 5?

One parent has a single comb and the other has pea or some other type?

One had a distinctive feature such as the polish top hat or silkie gene and one was a "normal" breed of chicken?

What about a standard size breeding with a bantam? Are some big, some bantam or are all pretty much a medium size smaller than a regular chicken larger than a bantam?

Or any other genetic match-ups you guys can think of!
I tried doing one of those basic genetic 4 box charts you do in biology class then realized I have no idea what is dominant and what is recessive. Or if they are like height in humans and can average out...

THANKS FOR ANY INSIGHT!!!

Try here

http://sellers.kippenjungle.nl/page0.html


Tim

 

[dutchbunny83]

Okay thanks.
I did google the individual things I wanted to know
which is dominant 4 toes or 5 toes, which is dominant single comb or pea comb and I didn't get any results.
I will try again.

Thanks so much for the link!

 

[dutchbunny83]

Also, does it matter if the gene is coming from the dad or just if it's dominant it's dominant?

 

[Henk69]

Also, does it matter if the gene is coming from the dad or just if it's dominant it's dominant?

Only for sexlinked genes.

 

[donrae]

I can tell you a few things...

If one parent has a straight comb and one does not, chances are you'll get a weird mixed comb that doesn't look like anything defined.

Feathered legs are dominant.

Pics I've seen here with one tophatted parent, one non-hatted, the chick has an in-between hat at hatch.

I think five toes are dominant, but not positive on that. Same with the black skin.

 

[dutchbunny83]

I can tell you a few things...

If one parent has a straight comb and one does not, chances are you'll get a weird mixed comb that doesn't look like anything defined.

Feathered legs are dominant.

Pics I've seen here with one tophatted parent, one non-hatted, the chick has an in-between hat at hatch.

I think five toes are dominant, but not positive on that. Same with the black skin.

Okay, thanks so much!!!
I do have one that looked like a single comb at first, and now it's not a pea comb it stands up like a staight comb, but there's no ridges in it so this must be the single/pea combination! Never seen anything like it!
Only one of mine has feathered legs and it's HUGE so I thought brahma, but that wasn't a choice option. One of the moms was a bantam cochin which I believe have feathered legs, so I guess it's her mixed with a really big rooster!!!!