Giant Silkie Project.

[NatJ]

Bigfoot, he's Mille Fleur D'uccle/OEGB X Silkie.

Bigfoot has Vulture Hocks, he has two copies.

How can Bigfoot have two copies of the Vulture Hocks gene, if one of his parents is a Silkie?

Everything I can find about Silkies says they are not allowed to have Vulture Hocks, and are disqualified in a show if they do have them.

So if the Silkie has no Vulture Hocks gene, then Bigfoot could not possibly have TWO copies of the gene. (And if the Silkie does have Vulture Hocks, then it is not a good-quality Silkie.)

 

[MysteryChicken]

How can Bigfoot have two copies of the Vulture Hocks gene, if one of his parents is a Silkie?

Everything I can find about Silkies says they are not allowed to have Vulture Hocks, and are disqualified in a show if they do have them.

So if the Silkie has no Vulture Hocks gene, then Bigfoot could not possibly have TWO copies of the gene. (And if the Silkie does have Vulture Hocks, then it is not a good-quality Silkie.)

I kinda guessed at his vulture hocks. So, he's most likely carrying one copy.

None of my Silkies have vulture hocks. Except those I got from a show breeder though. Visible on my blue partridge.

 

[MysteryChicken]

You can't really get the flamboyant leg feathering without it.

 

[NatJ]

I kinda guessed at his vulture hocks. So, he's most likely carrying one copy.

None of my Silkies have vulture hocks. Except those I got from a show breeder though. Visible on my blue partridge.

So that would mean Bigfoot has only one copy of the vulture hocks gene, and one copy of not-vulture hocks. He could sire a chick with vulture hocks or without them.

So as a possible father of the oddball chick, I don't think we can rule him out, but we can't prove he is either. That leaves us stuck at "maybe" for now.

 

[MysteryChicken]

So that would mean Bigfoot has only one copy of the vulture hocks gene, and one copy of not-vulture hocks. He could sire a chick with vulture hocks or without them.

So as a possible father of the oddball chick, I don't think we can rule him out, but we can't prove he is either. That leaves us stuck at "maybe" for now.

Yes, a maybe is true.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Becoming quite the fuzzball.

 

[NatJ]

Becoming quite the fuzzball.View attachment 3485942View attachment 3485943

Is that the oddball? Those feet really darkened up!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Is that the oddball? Those feet really darkened up!

Yep, still the same chick. I think that's just the lighting. They're still green.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The other mystery for this chick is the Recessive yellow skin. Both parents(Still not sure on who the dad is) are pure for white skin. Of course having Fibro too.

To be more specific, all the chickens in the bantam coop(Not all are Bantams) are white skinned.

 

[NatJ]

The other mystery for this chick is the Recessive yellow skin. Both parents(Still not sure on who the dad is) are pure for white skin. Of course having Fibro too.

To be more specific, all the chickens in the bantam coop(Not all are Bantams) are white skinned.

If the chick has yellow skin, neither parent is PURE for white skin. Both parents might show white skin, but they must both carry the recessive gene for yellow skin, or the chick couldn't have it.