Had a cross beak hatch this incubator clutch. Have read searched and read a lot of the cross beak posts and have a genetics question.
In my searching BYC for info on this, I ran across this posting by Sonoran Silkies (I hope you do not mind me quoting it here) I have bolded the lines that concern me most:
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Hatched from a pullet egg (laying for about 4 months) - This chick is/was a father/daughter match. Father is a Splash Orpington, Daughter has an EE mother. This mix of chicks are for laying pullets and freezer roos daughters are scheduled to be removed from fathers pen as soon as other coop is finished. I wanted to see if he would put more heft in the girls.
So I am guessing this is in my Roos genetic line/makeup due to the nature of the close cross. Is this what you would figure? Do I (would you) pull him from your breeding line? How bad of a sign is it that the first father/daughter hatch is cross beak? Am I freaking out for nothing?
If you have hatched a cross beak from a certain cross have you hatched from that cross again? If so what where your results if you do not mind sharing.
The cross of the beak is very noticeable and the chick has a bulged eye so there is definite skull deformation going on. (I am guessing this would be a severe case visible cross at hatch I could see it before the chick was finished zipping. I know some raise them, but I am going to cull it as soon as I get a shot of maturity, and maybe some boosts from my BYC family. I did have to help this chick pipped high on the shell, zipped but the curve of the shell held the chick in. I have another egg from this cross in the bator (21 days today) I almost hope it will not hatch has not pipped at this time.
In my searching BYC for info on this, I ran across this posting by Sonoran Silkies (I hope you do not mind me quoting it here) I have bolded the lines that concern me most:
Quote:
Hatched from a pullet egg (laying for about 4 months) - This chick is/was a father/daughter match. Father is a Splash Orpington, Daughter has an EE mother. This mix of chicks are for laying pullets and freezer roos daughters are scheduled to be removed from fathers pen as soon as other coop is finished. I wanted to see if he would put more heft in the girls.
So I am guessing this is in my Roos genetic line/makeup due to the nature of the close cross. Is this what you would figure? Do I (would you) pull him from your breeding line? How bad of a sign is it that the first father/daughter hatch is cross beak? Am I freaking out for nothing?
If you have hatched a cross beak from a certain cross have you hatched from that cross again? If so what where your results if you do not mind sharing.
The cross of the beak is very noticeable and the chick has a bulged eye so there is definite skull deformation going on. (I am guessing this would be a severe case visible cross at hatch I could see it before the chick was finished zipping. I know some raise them, but I am going to cull it as soon as I get a shot of maturity, and maybe some boosts from my BYC family. I did have to help this chick pipped high on the shell, zipped but the curve of the shell held the chick in. I have another egg from this cross in the bator (21 days today) I almost hope it will not hatch has not pipped at this time.
