The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[SwampPrincessChick]

Dominant White = Mutation that affect All black feathers regardless of plumage pattern. For example it turns a Wildtype/Black Breasted Red in to a Red Pyle(White Breasted Red)


Red Pyle
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Wildtype/BBR
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In this case, The black feathers are recessive to Dominant White.

What exactly is Wildtype?

 

[MysteryChicken]

What exactly is Wildtype?

Black Breasted Red. The original color, before the mutations. The color Red JungleFowl have.

 

[NatJ]

Black Breasted Red. The original color, before the mutations. The color Red JungleFowl have.

Yes. And the genes that cause it are the ones marked with + in the chicken calculator, which makes them easy to recognize.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Black Breasted Red. The original color, before the mutations. The color Red JungleFowl have.View attachment 3326304

Oh, thank you! That's what I assumed but I'm not good at genetics so I had to ask

 

[MysteryChicken]

Oh, thank you! That's what I assumed but I'm not good at genetics so I had to ask

You're welcome.

That's why we're here.

 

[SourRoses]

Would you mind taking a look at Bluey here?
We got him for his structural color, but I'm not sure what his base color is, can you see what genes may be involved? I kept thinking of him as "black with leakage", but the white on his wingtips has me wondering.
He's a Mosaic, and unusually dark, as the breeder was selecting for dark patterns, but she couldn't use him without enough pattern. (We also got 6 chicks from her that are light colored / patterned). The breeder said he was her lightest white downed chick ever until his feathers came in and surprised her.

The project with Bluey is why I was asking you a few weeks ago about autosomal red (thanks!), as I read that is connected to the purple sheen. I'd like to carry on his purple / blue sheen without the color leakage. My plan was to cross him with black hens. Would the offspring be mostly black as I had hoped?

* He lost his tail at the breeders along with a bunch of her other youngsters, but it is finally growing back in.

Breeders Pics:

My Pics:

Thank you!

 

[nicalandia]

From the chick down color I could see. That cockerel is Heterozygous for the Extended Black e allele E, probably E/e+, missing Melanotic and other mutations(Like Pg). He is a undermelanized black.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Would you mind taking a look at Bluey here?
We got him for his structural color, but I'm not sure what his base color is, can you see what genes may be involved? I kept thinking of him as "black with leakage", but the white on his wingtips has me wondering.
He's a Mosaic, and unusually dark, as the breeder was selecting for dark patterns, but she couldn't use him without enough pattern. (We also got 6 chicks from her that are light colored / patterned). The breeder said he was her lightest white downed chick ever until his feathers came in and surprised her.

The project with Bluey is why I was asking you a few weeks ago about autosomal red (thanks!), as I read that is connected to the purple sheen. I'd like to carry on his purple / blue sheen without the color leakage. My plan was to cross him with black hens. Would the offspring be mostly black as I had hoped?

* He lost his tail at the breeders along with a bunch of her other youngsters, but it is finally growing back in.

Breeders Pics:

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My Pics:


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Thank you!

Looks like Silver/gold split with sparse barring, only in the hackles, & saddle areas.

My girl pea, mainly has barring in the hackles, & thigh areas.

 

[nicalandia]

Looks like Silver/gold split with sparse barring, only in the hackles, & saddle areas.

No barring found on that rooster(could not see them on any of his mostly black body)

 

[MysteryChicken]

No barring found on that rooster(could not see them on any of his mostly black body)

The light areas, look to have barring. I say sparse, since it's only in specific areas rather then all over. My hen pea is a good example of this.(though she's not black)