The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[MysteryChicken]

Silkies (beside all of their mutations) are very close genetically to Red Jungle Fowls.

Okay, thanks.

Is there another breed I should cross to see how closely related they are to the Red JungleFowl?
I've got a Buff Orpington hen, Sumatra Rooster, & hen, Malay hens, & roosters. Will probably do it next year.

 

[nicalandia]

Okay, thanks.

Is there another breed I should cross to see how closely related they are to the Red JungleFowl?
I've got a Buff Orpington hen, Sumatra Rooster, & hen, Malay hens, & roosters. Will probably do it next year.

On that list. Sumatra and Malays are the closest

 

[MysteryChicken]

On that list. Sumatra and Malays are the closest

I can experiment with those then.

Forgot, I also have OEGBs too.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here's the better pictures of Malay #1.

 

[NatJ]

I did discover something very interesting by breeding Silkie to Red JungleFowl hybrids...The sex linking between skin color is strong too.

Are you saying that cockerel, with dark legs, is an example of a skin color sexlink?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Are you saying that cockerel, with dark legs, is an example of a skin color sexlink?

His legs turned slate about a week ago, he hatched white skinned. Legs were pink at hatch.
I don't have pictures before the change though.

Father was a Silkie, mother a Red JungleFowl hybrid.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here's a pullet of the same crossing. She's now a hen though.

Above 4½ - 5 weeks
Below 4 - 5 months old

 

[NatJ]

His legs turned slate about a week ago, he hatched white skinned. Legs were pink at hatch.
I don't have pictures before the change though.

Father was a Silkie, mother a Red JungleFowl hybrid.

If he has dark legs now, he is not a sexlink as regards skin color. Some dark legs seem to be visible from hatch, and some show up later.

What color legs do the parents have? Silkies and Red Junglefowl ought to have dark legs (black for Silkie), but the mother being a hybrid could have gotten another color from some other breed.

 

[MysteryChicken]

If he has dark legs now, he is not a sexlink as regards skin color. Some dark legs seem to be visible from hatch, and some show up later.

What color legs do the parents have? Silkies and Red Junglefowl ought to have dark legs (black for Silkie), but the mother being a hybrid could have gotten another color from some other breed.

Father black skinned, mother white skinned with slate legs.

To be more clear, mother is Red JungleFowl X American Gamefowl.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I can do a hatch next year to confirm sex linking. Because at hatch I sexed him as male based on skin color.