The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[MysteryChicken]

Slate legs are recessive. id+ is sex linked recessive

Okay, thanks for the clarification. So, would it be hard to breed out fully, if I were to breed for white/pink legs?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Is there any way to breed so that hens have spurs? I have 3 hens with spurs (1 has one, 2 have 2) but none of the daughters from the 2 spurred hens end up developing them.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Is there any way to breed so that hens have spurs? I have 3 hens with spurs (1 has one, 2 have 2) but none of the daughters from the 2 spurred hens end up developing them.

I don't have to try to get spurred hens, got 2 more ladies growing spurs, Jelly Bean the OEGB/Mille Fleur D'uccle X OEGB hen, & I believe my sister's golden Sebright hen is the other.

Plus Ghost my F2 Giant Silkie cross, & Griffen my F2 Giant Silkie cross hens also.

All 4 of these ladies appear they're gonna have 1 per leg.

 

[MysteryChicken]

How old are their daughters?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

How old are their daughters?

One is over a year and the others are about 12 weeks. They started showing their spurs at about 12 weeks themselves, rather early

 

[MysteryChicken]

One is over a year and the others are about 12 weeks. They started showing their spurs at about 12 weeks themselves, rather early

Thought you said none of the daughters developed spurs?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Thought you said none of the daughters developed spurs?

They dont. The mothers do and started showing them at about 12 weeks

 

[MysteryChicken]

They dont. The mothers do and started showing them at about 12 weeks

Okay, but I was asking about the daughters, & your answer confused me.

 

[NatJ]

Slate legs are recessive. id+ is sex linked recessive

Okay, thanks for the clarification. So, would it be hard to breed out fully, if I were to breed for white/pink legs?

It shouldn't be too hard.

The fastest way to get light legs back:
Start with OEGB male and dark-legged female. All daughters should have light legs. Use them to cross back to OEGB, and all later generations should be pure for light legs. (Sons of this first cross will show light legs, but carry dark legs: Id/id+ So it's easier if you cull them and work with their sisters.)

If you start with a dark-legged male and OEGB female, or if you need to keep a son in the first generation, it will take a bit longer to get rid of the dark legs. I don't feel like typing up all the possibilities, but if you know you will be doing the cross a specific direction, or keeping a specific gender for continued breeding, I can list out what would happen with the leg color.

id+ is on the Z sex chromosome.
A hen only has one Z chromsome. Either she has id+ or she does not, but she cannot hide anything. She gets that Z chromosome from her father, and passes it to her sons. (Because W goes mother to daughter.)

A rooster has ZZ, so he could have 0, 1, or 2 copies of id+

Tracking it through the male/female generations is just like a logic puzzle.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Okay, but I was asking about the daughters, & your answer confused me.

I know. I added the mothers' ages because I figured it would be relevant since they were so young