Phoenix's Long tail gene

[jarcoo0153]

I was wanting to know if the long-tailed gene was dominate, and if I breed her to a RIR rooster what kind of tail can I expect to get?

 

[jarcoo0153]

anybody got any ideas about the outcome?

 

[RAREROO]

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I had just read about this sometime last week before I got my Red Pyle phoenix and now I can't for the life of me find were I read it at but there are three genes that effect the longtails. I think it said two were recessive and one was dominant but it may have been vise versa. I guess you would just have to try it and see.

 

[Chris09]

There are 2 genes. Gt and mt
The Gt gene (dominant) allows continual growth in tail and saddle feathers.
The mt gene (recessive) allows certain tail and saddle feathers to be nonmoulting.

A breed like a Onagadori would be Gt/Gt/mt/mt
A breed like a Shokoku would be Gt/Gt/Mt+/ Mt+
A Ordinary chicken would be gt+/gt+/Mt+/Mt+

Then there is a saddle gene "sg" that causes the saddles to grow long just like "gt" tail growth gene causes the tail to grow long and works independently of "gt" gene.

http://books.google.com/books?id=VM...#v=onepage&q=Gt Tail gene in chickens&f=false

http://www.longtail-fowl.com/japanese_breeds/Pages/onagadori_foto_album.html

Chris

 

[jarcoo0153]

Thanks for the help!

 

[Cuban Longtails]

You'd get a mutt with a longer tail than a pure RIR and a shorter tail than a pure phoenix.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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pretty much the short a narrow of it! Seen lots of long tail crosses and that's about it a medium tailed mutt, lol