How many gens can a chicken hold silkie feather gene

[Chikyboy]

Hi, new member here! I know tons about chicken genes, but this one has always stumped me. how many generations can chickens hold the silky feather gene without showing it? thanks in advance

 

[Amer]

Hi, new member here! I know tons about chicken genes, but this one has always stumped me. how many generations can chickens hold the silky feather gene without showing it? thanks in advance

Chickens can carry genes without expressing them. If two carriers breed, it is only a 25 percent chance the offspring will have a recessive gene pop up. So technically you could just be unlucky. Now if you’re asking if your Rhode Island Reds have the Silkie gene, the answer is no. The Silkie gene isn’t present in most breeds.

 

[Chikyboy]

I know most breeds dont carry it, silly! i was wonderin if i could cross a silkie with some breed,then breed it back to that breed, then breed the resulting offspring together and (fingers crossed) get silkie feathered chickens of that breed

Chickens can carry genes without expressing them. If two carriers breed, it is only a 25 percent chance the offspring will have a recessive gene pop up. So technically you could just be unlucky. Now if you’re asking if your Rhode Island Reds have the Silkie gene, the answer is no. The Silkie gene isn’t present in most breeds.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I assume you're asking how many generations it can be passed forward when no birds are showing it.
If a bird has it but doesn't show it then it has a 50% chance of passing it on so in theory if with every breeding you hit the right side of that 50% it can move forward forever.

 

[Chikyboy]

I assume you're asking how many generations it can be passed forward when no birds are showing it.
If a bird has it but doesn't show it then it has a 50% chance of passing it on so in theory if with every breeding you hit the right side of that 50% it can move forward forever.

Thankyou @The Moonshiner , your probly my fav member besides @MysteryChicken,you answered my question

 

[The Moonshiner]

Thankyou @The Moonshiner , your probly my fav member besides @MysteryChicken,you answered my question

 

[Chikyboy]

sorry! did not men to offend you

 

[The Moonshiner]

Just playing

 

[DarJones]

If you deliberately incorporate a recessive into a breeding line such that it is hidden behind a dominant gene, the only way to 100% guarantee it is either present or absent is to test mate and grow out enough chicks to prove it. As an example, if you crossed to a silkie and then backcrossed the F1 to the non-silkie parent, 50% of the offspring would carry silkie. Cross the F2's back to a silkie and hatch the eggs to find out which are silkie carriers. For a simple recessive like silkie, you would have to hatch at least 16 chicks to be reasonably sure of the parentage.

If anyone is wondering, it is acceptable to use either silkie or silky.

 

[Chikyboy]

Thanks @DarJones! I really want to create silkie feathered specimens of breeds already exist, if possible! though that dream is faraway cus i live in the city