The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[MysteryChicken]

Got a Gentics mystery for you.

White Satin, Single comb, 4 toes, black skin.

Mother, White Skin Satin, Red Pyle, 5 toes, walnut comb.

Only possible fathers:

White Silkie

Black with gold leakage Silkie

Blue Partridge Silkie

Partridge Silkie

Silver Duckwing OEGB

Mille Fleur D'uccle/OEGB X Silkie

Black Sumatra

Blue Red OEGB/Phoenix mix

Silver Columbian Silkie


What's you're opinion of who the father is more likely, or what's going on genetically with the chick, @nicalandia ?

 

[3KillerBs]

@nicalandia Shortly before I finished Camp Cockerel to separate out my for-sale and cull males and after I selected eggs for the current hatch, I caught Red Band, a Blue Australorp x French Cuckoo Marans cockerel, who was only 15 weeks old, mating with one of the more docile Blue Australorp hens (apparently with her consent and "permission" from the senior males, who chased off the other boys when they made the girls squawk but didn't interfere with Red Band).

I understand the sex-linkage of getting barred males when a solid male mates with a barred female but I don't understand the reverse, especially since Red Band has to be single-barred. *If* he was mating before I realized it, what would his chicks look like?

 

[nicalandia]

@nicalandia Shortly before I finished Camp Cockerel to separate out my for-sale and cull males and after I selected eggs for the current hatch, I caught Red Band, a Blue Australorp x French Cuckoo Marans cockerel, who was only 15 weeks old, mating with one of the more docile Blue Australorp hens (apparently with her consent and "permission" from the senior males, who chased off the other boys when they made the girls squawk but didn't interfere with Red Band).

I understand the sex-linkage of getting barred males when a solid male mates with a barred female but I don't understand the reverse, especially since Red Band has to be single-barred. *If* he was mating before I realized it, what would his chicks look like?

B/b+ male mated to a b+/- female will produce:

50% B/- females and 50% b+/- females
50% B/b+ males and 50% b+/b+ males

So it's 50/50 chance. No sexing at hatch

 

[3KillerBs]

B/b+ male mated to a b+/- female will produce:

50% B/- females and 50% b+/- females
50% B/b+ males and 50% b+/b+ males

So it's 50/50 chance. No sexing at hatch

Thanks.

So any barred birds in this hatch, which is all Australorp eggs (as best I can tell), are his but I won't know if they're males or females.

I can work with that.

 

[NatJ]

So any barred birds in this hatch, which is all Australorp eggs (as best I can tell), are his but I won't know if they're males or females.

I can work with that.

Is it important to identify all his chicks? Because only half of his chicks would be barred. The not-barred ones will probably not be recognizable.

 

[FreedomFarm13]

@nicalandia I've got a question. I'm attempting to see the best way to create an auto-sexing EE by using a Bielefelder and either a wheaten or silver Ameraucana (whichever would be easier to achieve this). I'm not 100% certain of the genetics involved with a Bielefelder, but know the Ameraucanas. What would be the shortest route to take to reach my goal?
ETA: I also have BBS Ameraucanas. I really would like the beautiful colors of the bielefelder. Would it be possible with a cross to black Ams, or is one of my other options better to achieve the coloration I want?

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Do you have any guesses on what mix (of bantams) this chick is?
I can guess part silkie...

• Black with white chin and belly
• Feathered shanks
• Single comb
• Reddish-brown wing pattern
• Reddish-brown around the face
• *Possibly* has a beard/muffs
• Is very small compared to my little rooster (mottled cochin bantam) who's only 4 days older.

 

[MysteryChicken]

A small update on the Malays:

Chick #1 is growing in Salmon Breast Feathers.

Chick #2. Is growing in Buff Breast Feathers.

Will get pictures Sunday, they'll be 3 weeks then, & breast feathers should be more visible.

 

[3KillerBs]

Is it important to identify all his chicks? Because only half of his chicks would be barred. The not-barred ones will probably not be recognizable.

Not necessarily, because what I'm hoping for in this hatch is some splash chicks (I've had lots of blue and the expected percentage of black, but no splash yet).

But it's helpful to know when I can.

 

[chickmamato7]

Me neither, but life wanted me to become one(when my Silkies outperformed my Aseel Rajah Murgh stock that I no longer have due to the grievance they have me go thru for the last two years).

This male is what is called a Satin
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His chances of having the recessive silkie feather mutation hidden under the normal feathers are very high. So if you would like to use him with your Silky hens you have about 50% chance of getting Silkie chicks

I did not intend to become a Silkie breeder, so I know nothing about genetics at this point... but this this chocolate breeding trio fell in my lap & I just couldn't resist. First question I have is what is the rooster's quality? He's beautiful, but he doesn't look like any Silkie I've ever seen-- seems to be mostly hard feathered. Is that okay for breeding, or is this normal for a Silkie with the chocolate gene bred in? Second question is what will I get from this pairing in terms of color and show girls vs standard off spring?
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One more question regarding this breeding trio. What is the likelihood of getting show girls and what colors should I expect?