The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[nicalandia]

Does this mean JungleFowl have this trait, or no?

No,
Dpg+ is the Wildtype Dominant Autosomal variant found in JF

dpg is the recessive autosomal recessive mutation,

dpg allele stands for Double Preen Gland. Dpg+ is just one gland

 

[MysteryChicken]

No,
Dpg+ is the Wildtype Dominant Autosomal variant found in JF

dpg is the recessive autosomal recessive mutation,

dpg allele stands for Double Preen Gland. Dpg+ is just one gland

Okay.
Just looked at my JungleFowl, & they have the double preen glands, but more fused, then separate unlike my Malay cockerel.

They didn't enjoy me snatching them up.

 

[3KillerBs]

I still believe it's heterozygous mottling

Does this mean that when I'm setting Australorp eggs under my always-broody Java this spring I should be able to tell if she sneaks one of her own eggs into the nest once the chick is well-feathered?

 

[nicalandia]

Does this mean that when I'm setting Australorp eggs under my always-broody Java this spring I should be able to tell if she sneaks one of her own eggs into the nest once the chick is well-feathered?

Recessive mottling is rarely expressed, so don't count on that.

 

[3KillerBs]

Recessive mottling is rarely expressed, so don't count on that.

Thanks.

I will have to be extra diligent about that then.

Which could be difficult because Mocha bites VICIOUSLY in defense of her nest (she single-beakedly broke 2 hatches of chicks of sleeping in the nest boxes by driving them out of not just her chosen nest but the nests on either side as well).

 

[nicalandia]

Thanks.

I will have to be extra diligent about that then.

Which could be difficult because Mocha bites VICIOUSLY

Are Chickens able to discern when their name is called? Or this is something to do when Humans giving names to their pets? In Nicaragua Chickens don't get to have names but more like nicknames based on their appearance and they are not used to address them but to distinguish them

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Are Chickens able to discern when their name is called? Or this is something to do when Humans giving names to their pets? In Nicaragua Chickens don't get to have names but more like nicknames based on their appearance.

I think some do if the name is used often enough for only them

 

[MysteryChicken]

Are Chickens able to discern when their name is called? Or this is something to do when Humans giving names to their pets? In Nicaragua Chickens don't get to have names but more like nicknames based on their appearance.

Most of mine come when I call their names.
In fact, my boy Floof is my Body Guard when Demon is in the picture. All I have to do is tell him to get Demon, & Floof chases him off.

 

[nicalandia]

Most of mine come when I call their names.

Yes, I heard on your video you posted when you called your hen. She was like: I am here.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yes, I heard on your video you posted when you called your hen. She was like: I am here.

I'll have to get a better video, of another bird, alittle less sassy.