I think it's been done, but there's no commercially available test at present.Sounds like mapping the chicken genome to find the single comb locus would be easier...
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I think it's been done, but there's no commercially available test at present.Sounds like mapping the chicken genome to find the single comb locus would be easier...
Sorry if I missed this from earlier in the thread... are you aiming for laced Australorps...?
There is silver laced orpingtonsIf I'd have been able to discover a silver-laced breed that was suitable for the heat I'd have found it much easier to just buy some.
But in the large fowl breeds it's just Wyandottes and Cochins.
I couldn't possibly achieve a new color variety that would merit inclusion in the SOP, but I can probably achieve something silver-laced and Australorp-adjacent.
They don’t do well in the heat though. Mine pant the worst of all my chickens, and I’m in the North. They are too large and fluffy. Like I said earlier in the thread, my (double) silver laced Barnevelders do great in the heat. They handle frigid temperatures very well, too. They have single combs, but their combs are tiny.There is silver laced orpingtons
There is silver laced orpingtons
Like I said earlier in the thread, my (double) silver laced Barnevelders do great in the heat. They handle frigid temperatures very well, too. They have single combs, but their combs are tiny.
watching this thread to see how it goes!
Silver laced Barnvelders? They seem to do pretty well here in Sacramento! We don’t have humidity though, so there is that.I wasn't even thinking about the ornamental rather than production breeds so those didn't come to mind. I forgot either existed because I always flip past the "Ornamental" and "Bantam" sections of the catalog.
Others in hot climates will certainly have different opinions, but ornamentals won't suit my flock. If it doesn't lay reasonable numbers of US Large or XL eggs and thrive in a mixed flock of assorted breeds it won't work for me.
I've heard many stories of Polish being entertaining, but also too many stories of them being viciously bullied in a mixed flock.
I know that my SLW does not really thrive in my summers and that the Orpington x Wyandottes don't do as well as, for example, the Australorps either.
I fear for my son's pet Cochin when we hit the expected weeks of 95F+ and 95% humidity.
A Silver-Laced breed with clean legs and a large, single comb is what I'm asking about. I can't find one flipping through the hatchery catalogs I have on hand.
Silver laced Barnvelders? They seem to do pretty well here in Sacramento! We don’t have humidity though, so there is that.
I know hatching eggs aren’t ideal…but these aren’t terrible price-wise…I don't know of a source for them that I can afford.