The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[nicalandia]

And does the seperate Alleles mean that the offspring of a single comb and V comb could be bred to a sibling and breed true for that comb look?

Ok, I will try to explain this as best as I can.

Basically the expression of the single comb requires that every comb mutation alleles are in their wildtype form(+ sign) so they need to be p+/p+, r+/r+, v+/v+

So what happens if you breed a p+/p+, r+/r+, V/V with p+/p+, r+/r+, v+/v+? The offspring will be p+/p+, r+/r+, V/v+, if you bred those together 50% will be p+/p+, r+/r+, V/v+, 25% will be p+/p+, r+/r+, V/V and 25% will be p+/p+, r+/r+, v+/v+

Most people here are under the impression that p+ is the meaning of single comb, but that's just the wildtype form of the pea comb allele.

Another thing I would like to point out that thanks to the linkage of P-O and p+-O one can introduce the blue eggshell mutation to many breeds without altering their looks, for example there could be Blue egg laying Polish or Butter Cup, Blue egg laying Wyandottes(Darjones already working on them), Blue egg laying Rose Comb breeds etc..

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Ok, I will try to explain this as best as I can.

Basically the expression of the single comb requires that every comb mutation alleles are in their wildtype form(+ sign) so they need to be p+/p+, r+/r+, v+/v+

So what happens if you breed a p+/p+, r+/r+, V/V with p+/p+, r+/r+, v+/v+? The offspring will be p+/p+, r+/r+, V/v+, if you bred those together 50% will be p+/p+, r+/r+, V/v+, 25% will be p+/p+, r+/r+, V/V and 25% will be p+/p+, r+/r+, v+/v+

Most people here are under the impression that p+ is the meaning of single comb, but that's just the wildtype form of the pea comb allele.

Another thing I would like to point out that thanks to the linkage of P-O and p+-O one can introduce the blue eggshell mutation to many breeds without altering their looks, for example there could be Blue egg laying Polish or Butter Cup, Blue egg laying Wyandottes(Darjones already working on them), Blue egg laying Rose Comb breeds etc..

Okay, so two birds heterozygous for V and single would never be able to make them true breeding combs?

 

[nicalandia]

Okay, so two birds heterozygous for V and single would never be able to make them true breeding combs?

That is correct.

 

[mominoz]

Can we get pictures of the birds in question?
Might be able to determine what's going on more, visually. I struggle with descriptions.

It is above, someone just copied part of my post...there are 3 photos,it is on page 241...may have posted it wrong , but it is above...post 2406

 

[MysteryChicken]

It is above, someone just copied part of my post...there are 3 photos,it is on page 241...may have posted it wrong , but it is above...post 2406

I just looked. Got a couple hours sleep last night/early morning, so I'm struggling with what's going on with your birds.
I maybe able to answer you tomorrow, if I get the sleep I need.

 

[Cat Ballou]

Welsummer EE x BCM EE

What should I expect?

 

[I Like Turkeys]

@nicalandia
I recently found out about black-crested blue polish. They have the charcoal gene that darkens the head+crest, the same gene used on black-crested white and buff. I assume with black-crested blues, it stays black because blue struggles to dilute the head, so I have some other questions.

I have questions about chocolate and lavender. Would black-crested chocolates or black-crested lavenders be possible to create, or can they dilute head feathers better? In that case, would full-chocolate polish and full-lavender polish be possible?
Black-crested blue polish:

 

[nicalandia]

Welsummer EE x BCM EE

What should I expect?

So this is a cross between A Welsummer/EE Cross rooster x BCM/EE Cross hen?

 

[nicalandia]

@nicalandia
I have questions about chocolate and lavender. Would black-crested chocolates or black-crested lavenders be possible to create, or can they dilute head feathers better?

Blue has issues diluting Melanotic/Charcoal/Pg, something neirther Chocolate(or Dun) nor Lavender have difficulties doing so.

You could produce Platinum(Blue and Dun) or Mauve(Chocolate and Blue) Chocolate Crested Platinum/Mauve birds

 

[Cat Ballou]

So this is a cross between A Welsummer/EE Cross rooster x BCM/EE Cross hen?

Yes