Picking a rooster to breed my NN to!

[EmmaRainboe]

My rooster to the NN chicks parents, were NN but he hatched regular. So he does have the NN some where in there. All his eggs hatched, so he had good genes, some were just regular chicks.

Naked neck is a dominant gene, if he carried it you would know. If he hatched regular but both his parents had naked necks they were probably both heterozygous, and produced him, a chicken without a naked neck. None of his offspring will get a naked neck gene from him. If he were to produce any naked neck chicks he would have to be crossed to a naked neck female, and the naked neck would be from the mother, not him.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Naked neck is a dominant gene, if he carried it you would know. If he hatched regular but both his parents had naked necks they were probably both heterozygous, and produced him, a chicken without a naked neck. None of his offspring will get a naked neck gene from him. If he were to produce any naked neck chicks he would have to be crossed to a naked neck female, and the naked neck would be from the mother, not him.

So there’s a good chance I will get NN chicks?

 

[EmmaRainboe]

So there’s a good chance I will get NN chicks?

I’m not too familiar with naked neck birds, but I think she’s heterozygous, meaning when crossed to any non-naked neck bird, 50% of the chicks will have naked necks.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

(going under the assumption she is heterozygous) When crossed to another heterozygous rooster, 25% will be normal, and 75% (25% homozygous, 50% heterozygous) will be NN.

When crossed to a homozygous rooster 100% will be NN, 50% heterozygous and 50% homozygous.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

I’m not too familiar with naked neck birds, but I think she’s heterozygous, meaning when crossed to any non-naked neck bird, 50% of the chicks will have naked necks.

Thank you!!! I’m excited to see how all this turns out!