Icelandic Chickens

[The Sheriff]

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She is woman who has a flock from the Lyle Behl line. I got hatching eggs from her last year.

 

[AK Michelle]

Kathy twisted my arm so I will probably set her eggs tonight, or tomorrow morning instead of using them for the Easter Hatch. Now I need to go ice my arm...

 

[Greybear23]

Kathy I will take the two I talked about if Donnie can get them this direction sometime soon! I will holler at Donnie and see what is going on!!! Lynn

 

[The Sheriff]

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Well don't you go thinking for one minute that you'll win the first chick hatched award! I am crying foul about this!

 

[AK Michelle]

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Well don't you go thinking for one minute that you'll win the first chick hatched award! I am crying foul about this!

Aww shucks! I thought I had it in the bag

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Ok first, thank you Mary for defining what Sigrid meant!

And to Notafarm, you didn't miss that conversation with Sigrid saying she had no mottled Icelandics, it was not a conversation that was on BYC, so thanks for asking your questions.

In my own birds I have Icelandic's hatched from Marys eggs that were pure RALA from Sigrid. I have no birds with any mottling at all in that collection, just as Sigrid said.

My first birds were Lyhle Behl birds and they are loaded with Mottling.

This question was actually not about Icelandics in general, but about the two lines in relation to what I have here.

I was asking Kathyinmo, because I have a beautiful group of her birds that she was so sweet and kind to send to me. I have mottle birds among them.

Since there were no mottled birds in my RALA lines it lead me to ask the posted question, since I thought I understood that her original birds came from Mary the same as mine. There are all sorts of odd genetic things, such as masking genes, that cover existing recessive or dominant genes. Some white chickens, for instance, are actually black masked genes, meaning if you removed the masking gene you would have a black bird. I am sort of a genetics geek, and I love learning about genes and learning by observing, since I am thinking about these things, obsessive compulsively blessed as I am, I can't help but loving to follow the genetic trail of bread crumbs. The awesome thing about genes is they tell a definite story. And its fun to discuss that story with people who share the interest!

Once again thanks for asking!

Andy in Fredericksburg

I saw someone( HappyChooks I think) wrote something way back mentioning that Icelandic black must be reccesive, Ici appears to be a red birchen with one copy of dominant white, so that is how Kola got her color.

I'd love to learn more about this, can you explain it in English?

 

[phasianidae]

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I saw someone( HappyChooks I think) wrote something way back mentioning that Icelandic black must be reccesive, Ici appears to be a red birchen with one copy of dominant white, so that is how Kola got her color.

I'd love to learn more about this, can you explain it in English?

Basically he is a red birchen (as in Black Copper Marans) with possibly one copy of melanotic, which is a blackening gene. He also has one copy of dominant white. So when crossed to ether Henna or Lukka he would produce a about one eighths black Icelandics.

 

[greatergraceoffbg]

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About what? I am young and confused.

Kathy I am confused

, Everybody but you has responded to the question I sent to you....except you

! PLEASE!

OHHH and di you miss my offer in a former post to you miss Kathy?....... offering you eggos from my LB line? Offers still open! They are laying! I owes ya one!

Andy in Fredericksburg

 

[Mahonri]

I have a good idea how many eggs I'm getting from Mary.
I know how many I'm getting from pasofinofarm.
Now I've got to try and guess how many I'm getting from Kathy.... even though I LOVE surprises!

One good thing...I'm putting eggs under a broody tomorrow and that will take pressure off the bators
I always say I'm not going to stack and I always do!!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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I'd love to learn more about this, can you explain it in English?

Basically he is a red birchen (as in Black Copper Marans) with possibly one copy of melanotic, which is a blackening gene. He also has one copy of dominant white. So when crossed to ether Henna or Lukka he would produce a about one eighths black Icelandics.

Interesting, thank you!

Do you have a genetics book you could recommend?