Making a breed of chicken

[JadeFarms]

Oh cool! What are the legs like so far?

Terrible but once I breed him they should be better. The camera makes them pink but they really are not that pink. They are grey with some blue spots. His comb isn’t too ugly.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Terrible but once I breed him they should be better. The camera makes them pink but they really are not that pink. They are grey with some blue spots. His comb isn’t too ugly.View attachment 2530038View attachment 2530041View attachment 2530043

Get them really good and I might just have to buy some eggs off you.

 

[JadeFarms]

Get them really good and I might just have to buy some eggs off you.

I’d be happy to. I’m planning for good leg color in a year. I’m excited to see the outcome of them.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Right now my main project is cuckoo ameraucanas. I know someone's already done it but I’m gonna do it for myself.View attachment 2529830

Looks like Smarty Pants, our EE hen, but with a pea comb.

 

[DarJones]

There are a couple of genetic exclusions in this "project". The first is that EE's and Ameraucanas all share the common pea comb gene. It is genetically linked about 80 centimorgans from the blue egg gene on chromosome 1. It is relatively difficult to separate the blue egg gene from pea comb. UARK's blue egg layers, Silverudds, and Cream Legbars have broken the linkage.

It is not possible to maintain patterned females with solid black males. Two separate lines would be required one to produce black males with the blue egg gene and another line to produce patterned females with Melanotic, Pattern, and Columbian genes along with the blue egg gene on chromosome 1.

The muffs and tufts genes are relatively easy to separate. You can breed for roosters with muffs but not tufts.

Here is a picture of Golden and Silver Laced Wyandotte hens that lay pretty blue eggs.

www.selectedplants.com/miscan/Hens.jpg

And of the eggs showing blue, some with tan tints.
www.selectedplants.com/miscan/Blueeggs.jpg

 

[JadeFarms]

There are a couple of genetic exclusions in this "project". The first is that EE's and Ameraucanas all share the common pea comb gene. It is genetically liked about 80 centimorgans from the blue egg gene on chromosome 1. It is relatively difficult to separate the blue egg gene from pea comb. UARK's blue egg layers, Silverudds, and Cream Legbars have broken the linkage.

It is not possible to maintain patterned females with solid black males. Two separate lines would be required one to produce black males with the blue egg gene and another line to produce patterned females with Melanotic, Pattern, and Columbian genes along with the blue egg gene on chromosome 1.

The muffs and tufts genes are relatively easy to separate. You can breed for roosters with muffs but not tufts.

Here is a picture of Golden and Silver Laced Wyandotte hens that lay pretty blue eggs.

www.selectedplants.com/miscan/Hens.jpg

And of the eggs showing blue, some with tan tints.
www.selectedplants.com/miscan/Blueeggs.jpg

Well right now I’m skipping that project. Though I did take that into consideration and I did want the pea comb. I’m going to try to make cuckoo ameraucanas.

 

[Lydia Huizenga]

any project updates?

 

[JadeFarms]

any project updates?

Well the cuckoo ameraucana project is going well. I bred the cuckoo marans x ameraucana male over my black ameraucana. The eggs are in the incubator right now.

 

[Lydia Huizenga]

Well the cuckoo ameraucana project is going well. I bred the cuckoo marans x ameraucana male over my black ameraucana. The eggs are in the incubator right now.

So excited to see what they look like! My project eggs are going in the incubator in a couple days

 

[JadeFarms]

So excited to see what they look like! My project eggs are going in the incubator in a couple days

I like the looks of this boy. I hope they look like him but with better leg color.