So he isn't silkie feathered? Is he frizzled?
Pic?
Pic?
Showgirl Genetics: How do they work?
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He has the same feather type as my sizzle hen. I am at work right now but will get a picture when i get home in about and hour.
He looks like this, ish, right?
This is the correct sizzle. Frizzle on top of silkie.
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So what do you think?
Rooster is silkie(ish) body type with one silkie feather gene, one frizzle feather gene and one NN gene?
So what do you think?
Rooster is silkie(ish) body type with one silkie feather gene, one frizzle feather gene and one NN gene?
No.
Silkie feathering is a recessive trait.
Roo is, in theory, a Silkie crossed Turken. That's how they got NN into Silkies. I'm gonna take an educated guess that the frizzle came in from the Turken heritage.
Showgirls are supposed to have all of the physical characteristics of a Silkie. The only difference is the presentation of the NN gene.
I believe the rooster is has homozygous recessive Silkie (hh) genes, one frizzle gene and likely one NN gene. Most showgirls are heterozygous for NN.
@Cyprus
I'm thinking one silkied gene and one NN gene from one parent and one frizzle gene from other parent.
And another silkie gene from other parent. Both parents would be homozygous for silkie.
Now I'm back to questioning what their definition of a sizzle is.
I was reading it as one parent wasn't a silkie but a frizzle.
IDK too much unknown to wear myself out with.
I was reading it as one parent wasn't a silkie but a frizzle.
IDK too much unknown to wear myself out with.
@ldrchickens Please include an image of the rooster in question.
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