Pullet or cockerel, bantam or standard?

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Oh, good! I was hoping you didn't get duped! I've seen that a lot on this site.

Me, too. Glad you knew that they were boys.

Looks like a lot of tasty dinners!

 

[TheBanditQueen]

Oops, didn't see those other posts under juliechick's first one.

Are the hens darker than roosters when they are grown too, or is it just a pullet/cockerel thing?

 

[juliechick]

Oops, didn't see those other posts under juliechick's first one.

Are the hens darker than roosters when they are grown too, or is it just a pullet/cockerel thing?

They will always be darker.

 

[TheBanditQueen]

They will always be darker.

Ah, that is good to know.

 

[Griffinsong]

Due to the way genetics of barring work, females can only ever have the dark coloration.

The gene that causes the barring is linked to a sex chromosome [Z] females can only get one of, because they have two different kinds of sex chromosomes [ZW] and males have two of the same kind[ZZ].
[Note, this is opposite to XX/XY in mammals where the males have two different sex chromosomes[XY] and females two the same[XX].]

Males CAN have the dark coloration[They need two copies of the barring gene to have the light barring] but this will only happen if one of the parents is not a barred bird [or if the father has the dark barring, then some of his young will have proper barring, but some will not.]

 

[TheBanditQueen]

Due to the way genetics of barring work, females can only ever have the dark coloration.

The gene that causes the barring is linked to a sex chromosome [Z] females can only get one of, because they have two different kinds of sex chromosomes [ZW] and males have two of the same kind[ZZ].
[Note, this is opposite to XX/XY in mammals where the males have two different sex chromosomes[XY] and females two the same[XX].]

Males CAN have the dark coloration[They need two copies of the barring gene to have the light barring] but this will only happen if one of the parents is not a barred bird [or if the father has the dark barring, then some of his young will have proper barring, but some will not.]

That is COOL!!

 

[donrae]

Due to the way genetics of barring work, females can only ever have the dark coloration.

The gene that causes the barring is linked to a sex chromosome [Z] females can only get one of, because they have two different kinds of sex chromosomes [ZW] and males have two of the same kind[ZZ].
[Note, this is opposite to XX/XY in mammals where the males have two different sex chromosomes[XY] and females two the same[XX].]

Males CAN have the dark coloration[They need two copies of the barring gene to have the light barring] but this will only happen if one of the parents is not a barred bird [or if the father has the dark barring, then some of his young will have proper barring, but some will not.]

x2. Works with any pure black barred or cuckoo bird. Black sex link males will be just as dark as pullets.