Nicks_Chicks
Songster
This thread is to keep track of my progress with creating my zombies. In case you don't know, they are chickens that have white feathers and black skin. Zombies are typically made by crossing an ayam cemani with a white leghorn. I am trying to make pure color zombies (two copies of dominant white and two copies of the black skin gene.) I have three eggs in my incubator that could be possible zombies.
This is the rooster I am working with to make the zombies:
And these are the two hens. They are leghorn mixes, so only about 50% of the chicks hatched from them will have incomplete white feathers. (Dont pay any attention to the rooster in the middle)
The two hens have peacombs. Pea combs are okay for my zombies, I guess, but I will prefer to keep single combed birds for my main line. I will set a few more eggs, and breed the resulting pullets (That have black skin, white feathers, and preferably single combs) back to their dad. In the first f1 cross I am doing, only females will have black skin. The males won't. So like I said, I will breed the pullets with the most desirable traits and breed them back to their dad, so I can get zombie cockerels. I will then breed the most desirable cockerels to the f1 and f2 pullets/hens, and then I could potentially get pure color zombies. The best ways to tell will be for pure white feathers (no black spots) and darkest skin. This will take a while to accomplish, but I am dedicated. @MysteryChicken @NatJ
This is the rooster I am working with to make the zombies:
And these are the two hens. They are leghorn mixes, so only about 50% of the chicks hatched from them will have incomplete white feathers. (Dont pay any attention to the rooster in the middle)
The two hens have peacombs. Pea combs are okay for my zombies, I guess, but I will prefer to keep single combed birds for my main line. I will set a few more eggs, and breed the resulting pullets (That have black skin, white feathers, and preferably single combs) back to their dad. In the first f1 cross I am doing, only females will have black skin. The males won't. So like I said, I will breed the pullets with the most desirable traits and breed them back to their dad, so I can get zombie cockerels. I will then breed the most desirable cockerels to the f1 and f2 pullets/hens, and then I could potentially get pure color zombies. The best ways to tell will be for pure white feathers (no black spots) and darkest skin. This will take a while to accomplish, but I am dedicated. @MysteryChicken @NatJ
