LOL featherbaby that last picture is great! I have no clue about those babies color not very good at recognizing baby chick colors yet.
Silkie thread!
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Yes they are Kelar, she has some beautiful brids and I will be happy if I only hatch 10 at this point. I ordered a new Sportsman and it is way bag logged, so I will not order eggs agin till I have it. My LG is working great, the eggs were just not fertile, no ones fault...it happens. I'm happy
I may put up a auction for some eggs from my smokey whites silkie pen in a few days if everyone keeps laying well. I so don't need to hatch any I have to many on my hands right now so I may need to auction off some eggs.
Oh and I may have to auction some of my blacks eggs off too...Girls are doing well.
Oh and I may have to auction some of my blacks eggs off too...Girls are doing well.
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I'll keep an eye out! Not that I need any more eggs but I just cleaned out my Brower so now I'm tempted!! Take lots of pics I wanna see the groups your selling from, smokey whites sound cool!
I'll keep an eye out! Not that I need any more eggs but I just cleaned out my Brower so now I'm tempted!! Take lots of pics I wanna see the groups your selling from, smokey whites sound cool!
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Not exactly sure what you mean? White in silkies is almost always recessive. Meaning that if two copies are present (c/c) the bird does not produce pigment in its plumage, resuting in white feathers. If there are not two copies of recessive white present ((C+/C+) or (C+/c)), whatever other colours are present will display.
C+ stands for coloured; c for not-coloured. C+ is not necessarily black; it can be any colour or pattern that is genetically present in the bird. c is an OFF switch that prevents the creation of feather pigment.
Genes are not dominant or recessive to other genes, only to other alleles (mutations/variations) of the SAME gene.
So, can you explain to me how I get these white chicks (sorry I don't have recent pics, but they are about 4 months old now and VERY white)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63636_img_3402.jpg
From these parents? I'm confused and hope you can teach me a bit.
Cockeral:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63636_taz.jpg
Pullet:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63636_img_2913.jpg
Mama white gives all her chicks a copy of recessive white. Papa splash gives about half his chicks a copy of recessive white. He is not white becuase he only has one copy of the gene. Those that receive a copy from both Mama & Papa are white; those that receive it from Mama only are not, but will pass the hidden recessive white gene to about half their offspring.
Do you know what a punnet square is?
Not exactly sure what you mean? White in silkies is almost always recessive. Meaning that if two copies are present (c/c) the bird does not produce pigment in its plumage, resuting in white feathers. If there are not two copies of recessive white present ((C+/C+) or (C+/c)), whatever other colours are present will display.
C+ stands for coloured; c for not-coloured. C+ is not necessarily black; it can be any colour or pattern that is genetically present in the bird. c is an OFF switch that prevents the creation of feather pigment.
Genes are not dominant or recessive to other genes, only to other alleles (mutations/variations) of the SAME gene.
So, can you explain to me how I get these white chicks (sorry I don't have recent pics, but they are about 4 months old now and VERY white)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63636_img_3402.jpg
From these parents? I'm confused and hope you can teach me a bit.
Cockeral:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63636_taz.jpg
Pullet:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63636_img_2913.jpg
Mama white gives all her chicks a copy of recessive white. Papa splash gives about half his chicks a copy of recessive white. He is not white becuase he only has one copy of the gene. Those that receive a copy from both Mama & Papa are white; those that receive it from Mama only are not, but will pass the hidden recessive white gene to about half their offspring.
Do you know what a punnet square is?
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Did you observe the bird eating or drinking since arrival? That would be my first guess--that he did not. How long was he in shipment? What differences are there in weather conditions from where he originated and El Paso?
I did not see him eat or drink I just assumed he was since the rest of them were. He was in shipment for 48 hours. I think the difference in weather was it was warmer here than there. Ugh I feel horrible poor little guy
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Did you observe the bird eating or drinking since arrival? That would be my first guess--that he did not. How long was he in shipment? What differences are there in weather conditions from where he originated and El Paso?
I did not see him eat or drink I just assumed he was since the rest of them were. He was in shipment for 48 hours. I think the difference in weather was it was warmer here than there. Ugh I feel horrible poor little guy
It's always a good idea to dip each one's beak in the water, even with adult birds (unless they immediately start drinking on their own). The same for food, although it is a bit less critical. I don;t recall if you mentioned the breed, but heavily crested birds may not see well, and in an unfamiliar environment not find food or water.
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Blue egg gene is dominant; silkie feathering is recessive. I've never see a furry egg, though
LOL! So how many of the chicks from the first cross will get the recessive gene for silkie feathering? I've heard that crossing a blue egger with a tan or cream egger makes them a shade of green as well.
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Blue egg gene is dominant; silkie feathering is recessive. I've never see a furry egg, though
LOL! So how many of the chicks from the first cross will get the recessive gene for silkie feathering? I've heard that crossing a blue egger with a tan or cream egger makes them a shade of green as well.
A silkie feathered bird will ALWAYS give a copy of that gene to its offspring. If they also receive a copy from the other parent, they will have silkie feathers. If they do not, they will not. However, they will pass that gene to about half thier offspring.
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Guess the cockerel carries the recessive white gene from one of his parents. Cool lol
Okay, yea, because it was said above that if two copies are present, you will get a white silkie. Hmmm...interesting. So, this same cockeral and a splash had these babies, that I believe to be blues. If they are, then he must have that from a parent also? Or could it also be from one of her parents?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63636_img_3394.jpg
Splash is two copies of blue, so he passes that gene to all his offspring. If Mama had also passed blue, that chick would be splash.
edited to add: I think I misread. If both parents are splash, the babies MUST be splash. The chicks shown look like they could be either blue or splash.
Guess the cockerel carries the recessive white gene from one of his parents. Cool lol
Okay, yea, because it was said above that if two copies are present, you will get a white silkie. Hmmm...interesting. So, this same cockeral and a splash had these babies, that I believe to be blues. If they are, then he must have that from a parent also? Or could it also be from one of her parents?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63636_img_3394.jpg
Splash is two copies of blue, so he passes that gene to all his offspring. If Mama had also passed blue, that chick would be splash.
edited to add: I think I misread. If both parents are splash, the babies MUST be splash. The chicks shown look like they could be either blue or splash.
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For white: any recessive white bird has two copies of the gene; ALL it's offspring receive a copy. He/she has no other allele to give them.
Likewise, splash is two copies of the blue gene; all offspring receive a copy of blue from the spash parent; there is no otehr allele to give.
If instead, a bird has two unlike alleles for a gene, about half their offspring will receive one of hte alleles, and the other half will receive the other allele.
Likewise, splash is two copies of the blue gene; all offspring receive a copy of blue from the spash parent; there is no otehr allele to give.
If instead, a bird has two unlike alleles for a gene, about half their offspring will receive one of hte alleles, and the other half will receive the other allele.
Splash is two copies of the andalusian blue gene. Blue is one copy of the gene. They are not separate genes.
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