The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[nicalandia]

With white/yellow legs being dominant, is it hard to breed back to slate legs once the yellow has been introduced?

Also is it hard to find birds with dominant white that have slate or blue legs?

It can become quite difficult depending on the cross. Say Leghorns and Red Jungle Fowl. If you cross a Leghorn male over a RJF hen, 100% of the progeny will have clear white shanks, but only the males will have recessive sex inked dark shank hidden

If you cross both F1s together only 25% of all progeny will have slate shanks, all of them being females, and there will be no way to tell the F2 males that will be Id/id+(and useful for future breeding) from the Homozygous Id/Id males(not useful)

Now if you cross a RJF to a Leghorn hen, 100% of all F1 females will have slate shanks and 100% of the F1 males will have White Shanks, You can cross both F1s to produce F2s and 50% of females will be slate shanks and 50% of males will be slate shanks and 100% of the F2 males that have clear yellow/white shanks will be Id/id+ so you can say that this type of crossing it's easier.


Homozygous dominant white dilutes the slate shanks on all e alleles but the effect not as strong on ER birds for example Buff Laced Polish

Also Dominant White is a strong diluter of both dermal melanin and feather coloring in general. Most Show bird you see with good Slate Shanks and bright colors are always heterozygous dominant white.

 

[NagemTX]

Looks like I'm going to be useing either chamois spitzhauben or the buff laced polish when trying to get dominant white for my project. Really want to use the spitzhauben as I like their crests better.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What would I get crossing a gold neck D'uccle male to a porcelain D'uccle female?

 

[nicalandia]

What would I get crossing a gold neck D'uccle male to a porcelain D'uccle female?

100% Gold Necks that have a richer tone to their gold, perhaps a few black flecks on the white feathers.

Gold Necks are eb/eb, Co/Co, mo/mo, I/I, Lav+/Lav+

Porcelain are eb/eb, Co/Co, Mo+/Mo+, i+/i+ lav/lav

The cross would produce eb/eb, Co/Co, Mo+/mo, I/i+ Lav+/lav

 

[MysteryChicken]

@nicalandia, I posted redo pictures of pea for you.

 

[nicalandia]

@nicalandia, I posted redo pictures of pea for you.

Thanks, I have seen them. I am waiting for the final moult

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thanks, I have seen them. I am waiting for the final moult

Okay, wasn't sure.

Will post once she's finished.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Is this boy expressing Partridge? Parents were, a Blue Partridge EE hen, & Dino, my Wheaten Crele Orpington rooster.
I can get better pictures if needed.

 

[nicalandia]

Is this boy expressing Partridge?

Partridge males have Black/Blue Breasts. That rooster's breast is orange.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Partridge males have Black/Blue Breasts. That rooster's breast is orange.

He has black tips.
Dino has red breasts too.