The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[nicalandia]

Dad is pure pheonix
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I was thinking that the dad was ER, but its the mother pure?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I was thinking that the dad was ER, but its the mother pure?

Yep. Buff laced sebright

 

[nicalandia]

Yep. Buff laced sebright
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Yeah, she looks quite pure. The F1 male should be hen feathered too. The difference should be that male appears to be S/s+ and female just s+

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Yeah, she looks quite pure. The F1 male should be hen feathered too. The difference should be that male appears to be S/s+ and female just s+

Pretty sure he's not henfeathered, but I'll look tomorrow

 

[nicalandia]

Pretty sure he's not henfeathered, but I'll look tomorrow

All pure Sebright should be Hen Feathered any son of hers should be Hen feathered

 

[JacinLarkwell]

All pure Sebright should be Hen Feathered.

Its recessive though, like single combs. I've had regular feathered males and heterozygous rose comb males in this batch as well since they're hatchery birds.

 

[troyer]

All pure Sebright should be Hen Feathered any son of hers should be Hen feathered

I agree with this, but in hatchery Sebright you can't be sure that they are always pure hen feathered. Likely the Sebright hen is hetero henny feathered.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

All pure Sebright should be Hen Feathered any son of hers should be Hen feathered

Many hatchery sebrights are impure for hen-feathering or don’t have the gene at all. I believe it’s because the hen-feathering gene is linked to lower fertility, so birds impure for the gene were able to reproduce enough that it’s now common in hatchery flocks.

It’s recessive though, like single combs. I've had regular feathered males and heterozygous rose comb males in this batch as well since they're hatchery birds.

From what I’ve read and seen, hen-feathering is dominant or co-dominant.

 

[nicalandia]

Its recessive though, like single combs. I've had regular feathered males and heterozygous rose comb males in this batch as well since they're hatchery birds.

Hen Feathering is simple autosomal dominant. Heterozygous comb males have an advantage over homozygous in a hatchery enviroment

 

[nicalandia]

Many hatchery sebrights are impure for hen-feathering or don’t have the gene at all. I believe it’s because the hen-feathering gene is linked to lower fertility, so birds impure for the gene were able to reproduce enough that it’s now common in hatchery flocks.

Hen feathering has no inpact on fertility, homozygous Rosecomb on the other hand does