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I'm hatching NN chicks if anyone is interested.
My latest wee batch from the staggered hatch - one of Puppy's eggs didn't pip, but all the rest hatched yesterday (1) or overnight (4). It's day 21, so I'm waiting until tomorrow morning to pull the plug on the unpinned one.
Of Polly's eggs (hatchery new hampshire), I got 2 nn and 1 Nn rose comb. All had black spots on their head. Of interest, I think with the Tank x GNH cross, there were two with black spots on their heads - and I'm pretty sure both of those ended up as girls. (That third one I'm leaning toward late blooming cockerel again this AM). Of the three Puppy eggs to hatch overnight, they were all Nn and yellow downed - no black-downed ones this time. (edit to add: a few had rose combs, but I didn't take more than a brief look at them all, wanted to get them to the brooder)
Sorry for the blurry photo. They're all resting under the MHP, so I'll get more photos later.
The hatcher and incubator are getting put up for a while now. Got those S&G and Aloha NNs coming in February... So it'll be all about cleaning brooders and building more growout tractors now.
@Kev , what is expected regarding inheritance of rose combs?
- Ant Farm
A couple of the yellow downed chicks in this recent hatch has that down pattern - well, not exactly like that, the black on the back is more like smudging. Can't wait to see how they feather out!
Quote: Yeah, I figured as much - no idea what Snape is made out of, which is the fun of it! I'm finding all three black chicks are all feathering out brownish- I think it's the same way Mystique feathered out. (@Kev - Partridge?) Here's a photo (they're 1 week today):
So by simple dominant, do you mean like the following (I don't know the right gene names):
ROSE/ROSE = rose comb
ROSE/wt = rose comb
wt/wt = no rose comb
That fits - I would expect Snape to only have one allele. And I'm getting closer to a 50% rose comb result from what I can tell (maybe a bit less).
- Ant Farm