The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[1muttsfan]

When I ran a black barred roosterl over a silver Colombian hen in the chicken calculator it showed all the offspring is being barred black, so it sounds like it's going to be typical barred coloration

 

[Mr King]

Mr King, the barring gene is the same in every breed - a sex-linked gene that predictably produces barring according to genetic rules . Here is a helpful guide to barring -

http://www.diyseattle.com/chickens/barred-gene-use-in-chickens/

This situation is different. I still think sexlink will be in this case. But it's very interesting lets see. SSpeckledhen hatch more of this, and we 'll find out.

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[speckledhen]

When I ran a black barred roosterl over a silver Colombian hen in the chicken calculator it showed all the offspring is being barred black, so it sounds like it's going to be typical barred coloration

Deacon is single barred, though, right, like a sex link rooster, right? So he passes his one barring gene to only half of his offspring same as Rex did. And usually, the hen passes a barring gene to her sons only, never her daughters. So, if Deacon didn't pass his one barring gene and Sammie Jo passes a barring gene to sons only, this solid black chick with no head spot would then be a pullet.

Heck, I'm still not sure how I got Sammie out of two barred parents in the first place, LOL! These are her first two chicks so Mr. King, I guess I'd have to hatch more to see if the sex linking holds true. If it works with these two, could be coincidence. I thought Deacon might even be sterile-he's run with hens and never came out as sire of anything, plus he has only one spur and he's Tiny's son, which means he could be defective in all sorts of ways. He's such a goober, I wasn't sure I wanted to reproduce him, but he's turned out different than we expected. He's really a good rooster, just unique.

Genes have a way of making monkeys out of us, I always say.

 

[speckledhen]

Here is the BR chick that hatched under my D'Anver hen, Aimee, along with the Delaware colored chick of Sammie's. I'm calling pullet on this one-just look at those black legs on it!

 

[Mr King]

Deacon is single barred, though, right, like a sex link rooster, right? So he passes his one barring gene to only half of his offspring same as Rex did. And usually, the hen passes a barring gene to her sons only, never her daughters. So, if Deacon didn't pass his one barring gene and Sammie Jo passes a barring gene to sons only, this solid black chick with no head spot would then be a pullet.

Heck, I'm still not sure how I got Sammie out of two barred parents in the first place, LOL! These are her first two chicks so Mr. King, I guess I'd have to hatch more to see if the sex linking holds true. If it works with these two, could be coincidence. I thought Deacon might even be sterile-he's run with hens and never came out as sire of anything, plus he has only one spur and he's Tiny's son, which means he could be defective in all sorts of ways. He's such a goober, I wasn't sure I wanted to reproduce him, but he's turned out different than we expected. He's really a good rooster, just unique.

Genes have a way of making monkeys out of us, I always say.

true.! Lol
It's a pleasure having a conversation with you two. You and 1muttsfan.!

 

[speckledhen]

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Same here, Mr. King.

 

[1muttsfan]

me three

 

[1muttsfan]

Well I am definately rusty on punnets square. What I came out with is males 50% BB double barred and 50% Bb single barred, and females 50% B- (barred) and 50% b- (non-barred). So all black chicks would be pullets, but not all pullets would be solid black. But I could easily be wrong.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Following.

 

[speckledhen]

Well I am definately rusty on punnets square. What I came out with is males 50% BB double barred and 50% Bb single barred, and females 50% B- (barred) and 50% b- (non-barred). So all black chicks would be pullets, but not all pullets would be solid black. But I could easily be wrong.

We can go with that! I'd love for the Delaware colored chick to be a pullet as well as the black one, not that I'm keeping them, necessarily, but I do have enough black hens already.