Silkie roo with single comb? *Pics*

[robin416]

It can happen in non production birds because some one back when intentionally crossed Silkies with another breed because the breed had a desirable quality. Usually color.

I'd have to do some digging but it might have been that both parents carried the single comb gene resulting in single comb offspring.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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When I said "mutant" I mean it's hidden and not expected to be seen when the parent stock is bred.

 

[Kev]

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Single comb is recessive. For example, any rose comb bred with single comb will throw all rose comb offspring. All of these are carrying the single comb.. hidden.

Another problem is roosters pure for rose comb have fertility issues. A rooster that has a rose comb but is not pure for it(heterozygous) has normal fertility. So with that, in a mixed flock the latter rooster is going to fertilize many more eggs than the former rooster.. helping spread that hidden single comb gene around.

Standard calls for walnut comb in silkies. Walnut comb is genetically rose comb and pea comb combined in same bird. However a lot of silkies have just the rose comb, but a highly modified one that visually looks exactly like a walnut comb.

 

[M To The Maxx]

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Single comb is recessive. For example, any rose comb bred with single comb will throw all rose comb offspring. All of these are carrying the single comb.. hidden.

Another problem is roosters pure for rose comb have fertility issues. A rooster that has a rose comb but is not pure for it(heterozygous) has normal fertility. So with that, in a mixed flock the latter rooster is going to fertilize many more eggs than the former rooster.. helping spread that hidden single comb gene around.

Standard calls for walnut comb in silkies. Walnut comb is genetically rose comb and pea comb combined in same bird. However a lot of silkies have just the rose comb, but a highly modified one that visually looks exactly like a walnut comb.

I just learned something new. Thanks!

 

[Kev]

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When I said "mutant" I mean it's hidden and not expected to be seen when the parent stock is bred.

Ok, understand you, but, mutant means an altered version of a gene. Single comb is the normal version of the comb gene. So to call single comb popping up in silkes "mutant" is confusing because it implies the gene had "changed".. which is confusing because that's not what happens.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Actually, it does not look exactly like a walnut comb, dimilar, but not identical. The standard describes a true walnut comb. Here is a link that shows the difference: http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/6624/index.html (about 2/3rds down the page are side by side photos for comparison)

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Alright...I'm not going to fight about "my" terminology. Thanks for explaining further.

 

[iluvmychicks]

I believe a single comb is recessive, both parents have to carry a copy for it to show up. It's nothing you want to mess with if you want to breed the correct, comb which is walnut. If your just looking for pretty, fun pets....don't sweat it

Shari

 

[MotherMal13]

Okay thanks everybody i dont really care that he has it. He is just a pet plus i think the walnut combs are kinda creepy

 

[laughingllama75]

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Hey, did you notice that they have "BLUE" egg laying silkies? am I missing something with all the silkies I have, or are they purposfully misleading the public?