Silkie thread!

[ChickensXOXO]

For those of you who were trying to help me figure out if my unusually colored chick was male or female a few months. He turned out to be very male! His name is Lancelot.

Nice!!

 

[marquisella]

Question about color. I have a white pullet, yes she has laid eggs so I know its a she, with light buff around the underside of her beard like a necklace..
I thought hens couldn't only have 1 color gene. I'm confused!

 

[SilverSilkie]

Question about color. I have a white pullet, yes she has laid eggs so I know its a she, with light buff around the underside of her beard like a necklace..
I thought hens couldn't only have 1 color gene. I'm confused!

Hens have only 1 allel of the sex-linked genes. Recessive white "c/c" or Dominant white "I/I" aren't sex-linked genes.

 

[peepblessed]

For those of you who were trying to help me figure out if my unusually colored chick was male or female a few months. He turned out to be very male! His name is Lancelot.

What a fitting name for such a handsome guy!! Would you mind reposting some of his baby photos? I can't remember what he looked like.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Can/will you elaborate??? I am not understanding the response .... (would very much like to because I am also keen on whites ....)

 

[SilverSilkie]

Can/will you elaborate??? I am not understanding the response .... (would very much like to because I am also keen on whites ....)

There are 2 kind of color-genes, sex-linked and autosomal color-genes.
In birds (as chickens are) males have 2 alleles of a sex-linked gene => S/S , females have only 1 allel of it => S/- (S stands for Silver).
Of autosomale genes males and females have 2 alleles of it => c/c (c stands for colorless = recessive white) => I/I (I stands for Inhibitor = Dominant white).

 

[SilverSilkie]

From my color-genetic guide, this are the 18 color-genes to count with :

• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Geni Autosomici:[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]E (Extended black) [/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Ml (Melanotic)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Mh (Mahogany)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Cha (Charcoal) [/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]C (Recessive white) [/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I (Dominant white) [/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Mo (Mottled)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Bl (Blue)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Lav (Lavender)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Di (Dilute)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Ig (Inhibitor of Gold/Cream)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Cb (Champagne Blonde)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Co (Columbia)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Db (Dark Brown)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Pg (Pattern gene)[/FONT]

• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Geni legati al sesso:[/FONT]​
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]S (Silver)[/FONT]​
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]B (Barred)[/FONT]​
• [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Choc (Chocolate)[/FONT]​

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Yes, I sort of understand - sex-linked and autosomal but what does any of this have to do with white???? c/c or I/I or any combination thereof ?????? And how does any of this apply to Marquisella's question about the band around the neck?

What am I missing?

 

[Whittni]

oh Animal Punet squares? Cool...

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Question about color. I have a white pullet, yes she has laid eggs so I know its a she, with light buff around the underside of her beard like a necklace..
I thought hens couldn't only have 1 color gene. I'm confused!

Yes, I sort of understand - sex-linked and autosomal but what does any of this have to do with white???? c/c or I/I or any combination thereof ?????? And how does any of this apply to Marquisella's question about the band around the neck?

What am I missing?

Marquisella said she was confused because she thought hens only had 1 color gene...

SilverSilkie :

There are 2 kind of color-genes, sex-linked and autosomal color-genes.
In birds (as chickens are) males have 2 alleles of a sex-linked gene => S/S , females have only 1 allel of it => S/- (S stands for Silver).
Of autosomale genes males and females have 2 alleles of it => c/c (c stands for colorless = recessive white) => I/I (I stands for Inhibitor = Dominant white).

Think of sex-linked birds....the females get ONE allele of the color gene, where as males get TWO alleles - making them different and sex linked
Autosomal means it affects both genders not one or the other. autosomal colors both sexes have 2 alleles

Whites - you have recessive white and Dominant white. - which is c/c and I/I both males and females have this formula in their makeup. So he was saying she was mistaken about the hens having 1 color gene - white is autosomal meaning there are two and it is entirely possible for there to be leakage or another color bleeding through


***though it is a bit odd on a white bird except when they are actually paint atleast to MY understanding....