Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[Serrin]

Hmmm...I wonder how all of that relates to Lisette and Cosette, since their mother, Maggie, is EE and their daddy is Delaware. One has yellow legs and the other has slatey green/gray legs. [don't ask me which is which right now, I'm too dang tired to remember!

] I would have just assumed that one of them got daddy's legs and the other got their mama's legs.

Any thoughts? Not like I'm going to include those two in any future breeding program, but it might help me to understand genetics and breeding a little better. Thanks so much for that information Village Chicken! Great stuff to mull over!

 

[blackdotte]

Village~ Thanks. I understand everything that you stated and that is the way I see it as well, but, I thought I read it somewhere that females can be split ID/id+? Am I confused? It is very easy to do

You read wrong, females cannot be split ID/id+. ID is a sex linked gene so females are hemizygous, that is they have one or the other. ID/- or id+/-
Green legged hens are w/w id+/- , yellow skin but lack the Dermal Inhibitor
Yellow legged hens are w/w Id/-, yellow skin with the Dermal Inhibitor.

Males can have both so
Homozygous w/w ID/ID males will have clear yellow shanks, and can only produce yellow shanked pullets,
heterozygous w/w Id/id+ males will also have clear yellow shanks, but can produce both clear yellow & green shanked pullets.

There is a very close relationship between Barring & the Dermal Inhibitor, so in a breed such as Delawares I would not expect to see green shanks, especially as Delawares should be Wheaten birds, Wheaten is also a dermal colour inhibitor.

Genes such as Extended Black & Birchen do put black pigment into the shanks, but these genes should not be present in Delawares.
If anyone has been crossing in Barred Rock, these are Extended Black based.​

 

[kathyinmo]

Thank you, David! This information is much appreciated.

 

[joletabey]

Happy Thanksgiving to all Delaware lovers everywhere!

 

[pinkchick]

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You read wrong, females cannot be split ID/id+. ID is a sex linked gene so females are hemizygous, that is they have one or the other. ID/- or id+/-
Green legged hens are w/w id+/- , yellow skin but lack the Dermal Inhibitor
Yellow legged hens are w/w Id/-, yellow skin with the Dermal Inhibitor.

Males can have both so
Homozygous w/w ID/ID males will have clear yellow shanks, and can only produce yellow shanked pullets,
heterozygous w/w Id/id+ males will also have clear yellow shanks, but can produce both clear yellow & green shanked pullets.

There is a very close relationship between Barring & the Dermal Inhibitor, so in a breed such as Delawares I would not expect to see green shanks, especially as Delawares should be Wheaten birds, Wheaten is also a dermal colour inhibitor.

Genes such as Extended Black & Birchen do put black pigment into the shanks, but these genes should not be present in Delawares.
If anyone has been crossing in Barred Rock, these are Extended Black based.

Thank you David!!!!!!!

 

[pinkchick]

Friendly little buggers!!!!!! I can't get enough of them.

 

[Inkheart]

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Happy Thanksgiving to you!!!!! Any Dels getting good treats today? Mine are getting scraps - meal worms - kale- apples and a pumpkin to mess with!

 

[ChickLover98]

Jasper is a Delaware cross, but in my eyes, he's just as beautiful! His tail is much fuller now. This was right before molt.

 

[ChickLover98]

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This is exactly what my roo looks like and I got Delaware.

 

[kathyinmo]

Our (adult) kids will be here anytime now (from Iowa). Mike (DH) told them we were not having turkey today, but that, instead, we are having roast chicken. He is telling them it is one of our Jersey Giants.