The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[Clodill4rel]

Amazing. Keep us post it

Some Just hatched !!! Eeeek gosh I LOVE hatching chicks !!! I did a time lapse but I can’t post it here. So one question I did the fibro EE ROO (fly by night) with my lavender just one egg….I thought baby would be black….. but it’s blue…. I’ll show u all pictures after the hatch we are half way! Got all the other coming !

 

[I Like Turkeys]

I have some questions about polydactyly, relating to my bantam cochin/silkie crosses.
Mostly what it boils down to is: am I dealing with dominant or recessive polydactyly? Also an explanation to how the gene works would be great, if it isn’t too much to ask. Also, am I just missing any signs of polydactyly from the father?

None of my breeders show polydactyly; I’ve checked them all over several times and they show none of the forms that I’ve heard dominant polydactyly can come in.
Despite this, I’ve had a few chicks from them show polydactyly. 4 or 5 older ones from a small hatch, and I recently had a hatch of 22, where 6 or less show any sign of polydactyly. My count on how many have it may not be right, but it wasn’t a lot. Most have extra claws forming off their main dewclaw.. toe? A few show fully formed extra toes. One has elongated back toes. I’ve attached photos of the 3 forms I’ve seen, then of the father.
chicks:

father:

 

[MysteryChicken]

I have some questions about polydactyly, relating to my bantam cochin/silkie crosses.
Mostly what it boils down to is: am I dealing with dominant or recessive polydactyly? Also an explanation to how the gene works would be great, if it isn’t too much to ask. Also, am I just missing any signs of polydactyly from the father?

None of my breeders show polydactyly; I’ve checked them all over several times and they show none of the forms that I’ve heard dominant polydactyly can come in.
Despite this, I’ve had a few chicks from them show polydactyly. 4 or 5 older ones from a small hatch, and I recently had a hatch of 22, where 6 or less show any sign of polydactyly. My count on how many have it may not be right, but it wasn’t a lot. Most have extra claws forming off their main dewclaw.. toe? A few show fully formed extra toes. One has elongated back toes. I’ve attached photos of the 3 forms I’ve seen, then of the father.
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father:

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I don't think they have to show polydactly for them to pass it on.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I don't think they have to show polydactly for them to pass it on.

Nope. One of my males throws it about half the time. Even got a chick with three back toes from him

 

[MysteryChicken]

Nope. One of my males throws it about half the time. Even got a chick with three back toes from him

Nope, as in you agree? Alittle confused by that.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Nope, as in you agree? Alittle confused by that.

Nope, the parents don't need to show it to pass it.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Nope, the parents don't need to show it to pass it.

Okay, that's what I thought you meant.

 

[fluffycrow]

OK bear with me. Male has the cream egg laying gene, female green egg layer. What would they produce?

 

[MysteryChicken]

OK bear with me. Male has the cream egg laying gene, female green egg layer. What would they produce?

 

[troyer]

I don't think they have to show polydactly for them to pass it on.

Mystery is right and as others have noted the parents don't need to show it to produce it.