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[bamadude]

Bama, I'm sorry I did not say much about the pickled egg recipe, I have never made them before and do not know what the recipe will taste like. Sorry. My DH said the recipe sounded good so that is the one I made. I hope you like it.

i will give it a try. Ive been trying to find a recipe that i like. For some reason im not a big fan of the pickling spice. I may add dill instead

 

[Bunnylady]

Dominant genes. I don't think of them as the only thing that gets passed on, rather, I think of them as something that trumps everything else. I wonder though. Remember the rhode island red bantams that got hatched out last October (I think it was). I think there were 6 or 7 of them. The daddy was a rose comb and the mama a single comb. I expected the rose comb to trump the single comb and at least 90% of the offspring would have rose combs. Sounds dominant, right? I suppose if we had hatched 100 chicks out of that cross, there may have been 90 with rose combs but as it was, with 6 chicks, one had a rose comb.

So... I'm as lost as ever on this dominant gene thing.

When you are talking genetics, "dominance" only counts in expression, not inheritance. The offspring of an animal that has inherited one copy of a dominant gene, and one of a recessive gene, have an equal chance of inheriting either gene. In the case of the blue vs. white egg color, for example. Blue (O) is dominant over white (o). In a bird that has one copy of each gene, (Oo), each chick has a 50/50 chance of inheriting the gene for blue eggs. It's pretty much like flipping a coin. Now, if you were to toss that coin only 6 times, you might get 3 "heads" and 3 "tails," but you could get 2 and 4, or 1 and 5, or even 0 and 6, and it wouldn't be "statistically significant" because your sample group was so small. The same is true of genetics. If you hatched 1000 chicks, roughly half would inherit the blue shell gene from the parent, and the other half would have gotten the white shell gene. But in a group as small as one clutch, the numbers could go any way, and it really doesn't mean anything.

And to make things really confusing, not all dominant genes are created equal. Some are completely dominant, and there is no obvious difference between individuals that have one copy of the dominant gene and one copy of the recessive, and those that have two copies of the dominant gene. Some, however, show a cumulative effect. The Blue/Black/Splash color gene is an example of this. The gene that causes the blue coloration is dominant - if a bird inherits it, the color of the feathers will be affected. A bird with two copies of the black gene, and (obviously) no copies of the blue gene, is black in color. A bird with one copy of the blue gene, and one of the black gene, is blue. A bird with two copies of the blue gene is splash, which is pretty much a white bird with a little bit of blue/black color scattered here and there in its feathers. Breed a splash to a black, and you will get all blues, but breed two blues together, and you get blue, black and splash.

In the case of rose vs. single comb, rose comb is dominant. Any chick that inherits the rose comb gene will have a rose comb. Clearly, your rooster has one copy of the gene for rose comb, and one for a straight comb, if he is throwing straight combed offspring. Interestingly, a rooster that has two copies of the rose comb gene has reduced sperm motility, meaning he may not be as fertile as one with a rose comb that also has a copy of the straight-comb gene.

 

[Dragonfly216]

I pretty much agree with every aspect of your post.   lol    Love, love my fermented feed.   Healthiest babies around.   The only hatchery birds I bought when I got into this raising thing was from Meyer.   Just 2 days ago I got my first egg,  yesterday I got 3, today nada.  But it's acoming.     Got my order of a dozen white rock eggs from Rebel Rooster.  Wade kindly replaced my eggs after the first was scrambled.  He says they are large rocks and judging by the eggs they are going to be huge.  Letting them set to settle today.  Love hatching eggs.  The best luck I've had hatching has been DMRippy's SBEL's super blue egg layers.  She now calls them Sapphires.  CC Legbar over White leghorn.    Love their little bright personality. 
Edited:  Ron, I just saw about your version of Super Blues.   Good idea.  The one with only White leghorn will get both blue and white eggs.    My little 7week old ones are looking good.  Mainly white, mottled black or barred  but cute as a button.

Oh cool, I'm glad you had a good experience with Meyer. I was a little worried about getting hatchery birds with what I've heard about how much way better breeder birds are, but mine have been really healthy and very pretty! And apparently my Golden Campine roo it's a pretty good specimen, Wisher says, YAY! Good luck with your new eggs! I really like her name sapphire too! I'm getting really interested in all the blue egg genetics now! Really just the chicken genetics add I'm getting really excited about breeding my own babies! I hope I'll have a broody hen, lol, as much as I hear people not wanting them! I keep hearing Silkies are really good for that. I wasn't planning on getting any but if they're THAT good I might get a couple! I have one cochin baby that I'm hoping will be broody.

Anybody ever try this?

Oooooh I've never had grilled crab legs! Snow crab legs are one of my favorite dishes! How long do you grill them?

 

[getaclue]

Clearly, I need to attend a genetics 101 class.

 

[ronott1]

Clearly, I need to attend a genetics 101 class.

Make sure it is a poultry genetics class. They are different, as an example, Hens determine boy or girl offspring.

 

[getaclue]

Some stores, and bars sell pickled sausage in gallon jars. We used to ask for the jar, and liquid left after selling the sausages. Adding boiled eggs to that liquid, and letting them sit for a few weeks makes the best pickled eggs because of the additional sausage spices.

 

[Dragonfly216]

My plan is to keep the run snow free and covered with bedding, and hopefully they'll enjoy playing in the snow outside the run. Not much free ranging to do in the snow though. I don't think they are too thrilled about pine needles as a source of greens.

they make a refreshing tea packed with vitamin C!

You know, I've read about that in some of my books that tell you what wild plants you can eat. Does it taste good? I've been curious......

 

[bamadude]

Oh cool, I'm glad you had a good experience with Meyer. I was a little worried about getting hatchery birds with what I've heard about how much way better breeder birds are, but mine have been really healthy and very pretty! And apparently my Golden Campine roo it's a pretty good specimen, Wisher says, YAY! Good luck with your new eggs! I really like her name sapphire too! I'm getting really interested in all the blue egg genetics now! Really just the chicken genetics add I'm getting really excited about breeding my own babies! I hope I'll have a broody hen, lol, as much as I hear people not wanting them! I keep hearing Silkies are really good for that. I wasn't planning on getting any but if they're THAT good I might get a couple! I have one cochin baby that I'm hoping will be broody.
Oooooh I've never had grilled crab legs! Snow crab legs are one of my favorite dishes! How long do you grill them?

most of the bags of frozen snow crab legs i have seen are fully cooked. I mixed olive oil, butter, lemon zest, and minced garlic together and brushed onto the shells. Grilled over medium heat for about 10 minutes. They smell fantastic while grilling. As soon as those hit the grill i noticed my neighbor walking toward my house...i said "everybody put a toothpick in your mouth and get out on the front porch"

 

[Dragonfly216]

Oh! Ok, awesome. I've never cooked them myself at home I don't think either, so I've never noticed they're already cooked. Oh man, that sounds amazing, sir! Lol at the neighbor and toothpicks idea!

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: I like the pickling spice in relish but I was not sure about the pickled egg recipe either, if DH does not like it I will make some with out the pickling spice. Oh did I mention I did add a tsp. of salt in the eggs. I think dill would make a nice flavor.