The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[delisha]

Quote: I have two black hens with one black rooster. Two blue hens with a blue rooster. I will swap one black and one blue hen next season. I want to keep an all black line so the one black hen stays with the black rooster all year.

 

[RoosterLew]

I have yet to bred a female splash..males and more males..

I believe the problem you are having is that in your line you only have the splash gene on the male chromosome. This type of thing can happen with line breeding where a typically non sex-linked recessive trait can become sex-linked in a manner of speaking.
If all if your splash genes were introduced from males, it will only show up in males.
You need to add in a splash female or a blue female from a splash mother.

 

[delisha]

Quote: I have never heard of this..thank you for the information.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I believe the problem you are having is that in your line you only have the splash gene on the male chromosome. This type of thing can happen with line breeding where a typically non sex-linked recessive trait can become sex-linked in a manner of speaking.
If all if your splash genes were introduced from males, it will only show up in males.
You need to add in a splash female or a blue female from a splash mother.

Interesting

 

[Morgan Jones]

I believe the problem you are having is that in your line you only have the splash gene on the male chromosome. This type of thing can happen with line breeding where a typically non sex-linked recessive trait can become sex-linked in a manner of speaking.
If all if your splash genes were introduced from males, it will only show up in males.
You need to add in a splash female or a blue female from a splash mother.

The splash gene is not on the Z chromosome.. Splash is the homozygous form of the autosomal, incompletely dominant gene blue (Bl). Autosomal means that the gene is not on a sex chromosome & thus will be inherited equally from both parents. If the OP breeds splash to blue they will, all things being equal, get about 50% splash offspring of both sexes.

 

[RoosterLew]

The splash gene is not on the Z chromosome.. Splash is the homozygous form of the autosomal, incompletely dominant gene blue (Bl). Autosomal means that the gene is not on a sex chromosome & thus will be inherited equally from both parents. If the OP breeds splash to blue they will, all things being equal, get about 50% splash offspring of both sexes.

Well kick my tail feathers.......I need to read more.
Thanks for the correction.

 

[delisha]

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Monty's son, Moose, at 11 months just coming out of a molt. He is 1/2 English , and huge. I can't wait to see him with all his feathers in. He will be siring chicks this winter, as I am very pleased with the 1 pullet I have by him from a test breeding.

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[Blarneyeggs]

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[TNBEARCHICK]

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