The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[JacinLarkwell]

I suspect that about 50%

Okay, thanks!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

My goal is towards porcelain color.
I have a lavender/black split bantam cochin and she is black but she should carry the lavender gene I need for porcelain.
I have these 3 guys...what would she give me from each?
Over generations would I ever get closer to porcelain?
First guy is a calico cochin

And the next two knuckleheads are satins...one blue mottled and one columbian.

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[The chicken nurd]

A long time ago I had an idea for a chicken breed do you know if this bird could actually exist and what breeds would you need to use

The bird would be all black (skin, feather, bones, etc) lay blue eggs and have a full crest, muffs, and feathered feet a buttercup comb and five toes and roosters would have that weirdly long crow where they sound like there laughing (like the laughing chicken) plus usually long tail feathers

 

[NatJ]

A long time ago I had an idea for a chicken breed do you know if this bird could actually exist and what breeds would you need to use

The bird would be all black (skin, feather, bones, etc) lay blue eggs and have a full crest, muffs, and feathered feet a buttercup comb and five toes and roosters would have that weirdly long crow where they sound like there laughing (like the laughing chicken) plus usually long tail feathers

Genetically possible, probably yes.
Easy, probably not.

You would probably want to start with black Silkies (black feathers, skin, bones, etc; also have crest, feathered feet, 5 toes, and sometimes have muff/beard.) That breed has the largest number of traits you want, so they should be a good starting point.

You would need to get the blue egg gene from somewhere, maybe a Cream Legbar. If you ultimately want a buttercup comb, then do not start with a pea-comb blue layer. The blue egg gene is genetically linked to the pea comb gene, so they tend to get inherited together. A Cream Legbar will have the blue egg gene linked to not-pea comb, which is the way you want it.

For a buttercup comb, you will need to breed in a Buttercup. That comb may look odd with a crest, so you might consider a V-comb instead (from a Polish, Houdan, Brabanter, or some such breed.)

The long crowing would have to come from a long-crowing breed, and I don't know how hard or easy it would be to transfer that in genetically.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

She was all partridge down as a chick, all my EEs were. Nothing suggested Columbian, which kind of confuses me abit now.

I’ve seen that a lot, I assumed it was because of mixed/incomplete genes?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I’ve seen that a lot, I assumed it was because of mixed/incomplete genes?

I'm not sure, but could be a possibility.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Would it be possible to restore the Shrimp Tail, lost on Malays bred for the American Standard?

American

Indian

 

[nicalandia]

I have a lavender/black split bantam cochin and she is black.
My goal is towards porcelain color.
I have these 3 guys...what would she give me from each?
Over generations would I ever get closer to porcelain?
First guy is a calico cochin
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You can input on this on the calculator.

Hen is E/E, Lav+/lav

Rooster is: eb/eb, Lav+/Lav+,

So 50% will be E/eb, Lav+/lav and 50% will be eb/eb, Lav+/lav

My goal is towards porcelain color.
I have a lavender/black split bantam cochin and she is black but she should carry the lavender gene I need for porcelain.
I have these 3 guys...what would she give me from each?
Over generations would I ever get closer to porcelain?
First guy is a calico cochin

I would rather stick with the Cochin. I just don't want to comment on The Unexpected nature of EEs.

The issue with your Black Pullet that has Lavender hidden is that she will pass it to 50% of her offspring and we just don't know who those will be.

 

[nicalandia]

A long time ago I had an idea for a chicken breed do you know if this bird could actually exist and what breeds would you need to use

The bird would be all black (skin, feather, bones, etc) lay blue eggs and have a full crest, muffs, and feathered feet a buttercup comb and five toes and roosters would have that weirdly long crow where they sound like there laughing (like the laughing chicken) plus usually long tail feathers

Well that's a lot of mutations combined into one chicken. Black with Dark Skin that lay blue eggs can be seen on Quechua and native chickens from South America. many with crest and muffs(like british Araucanas)
British Ameraucana

Quechua Rooster with black skin

The rest of the mutations you listed(5 toes) and feather shanks can be source from a Faverolle hen

I would stop just right there.

 

[nicalandia]

Would it be possible to restore the Shrimp Tail, lost on Malays bred for the American Standard?

Yes, but shrimp tail is often recessive.