The Olive-Egger thread!

[DMRippy]

Quote: Test mating would tell you. If you cross a pea comb with straight combs and they ALL have pea combs... they have 2 copies. If you get 25-50% with straight combs... they only have one copy.

 

[DMRippy]

Here is my new EE. Do you think this is a rose comb or a weird pea comb?


It is 6 weeks old and has muffs and dark slate blue legs. Any suggestions on egg color? Male or Female?

Not a rose comb.... looks more pea comb to me. Also looks like a roo's comb.....

 

[mstricer]

Quote: Me too, In one pen I have had an easier time trying to tell them apart by looking at them. I have 4 black OE pullets and of those 0 have feathered legs, one has a clean face, which I will be trying to sell. The other 3 have nice muffs and beards, one has copper in her hackles not a lot, but a little. I have a barred rock pullet with them and they are covered by a Lavender Ameraucana cockerel. I need to put the the 2 Lavender Ameraucana in with them so, I have other birds to swap with that are pure.

 

[smilot]

I have grown to love the color now from seeing how hard it is to get just the right color of olive. Although I am still a little confused as to weather she is an EE or Ameraucana, some say its an egg color thing others say it's all about feathers and form. All in all she is one of my best layers and The most docile of all my hens, she sits at my feet for oats. Most all my chickens are friendly but she is just callm. If i scratch under her belly she lays on her side and like kicks her feet as if being tickled. LOve that bird.

 

[seventreesfarm]

I think I'm going to try setting up a spiral breeding arrangement. Once everyone is feathered out and I can make my best guesses as to who came from where, and see who lays what and looks how I like, I'll divvy them into 3 pens and assign them a roo. Luckily I can always use more layers for my egg customers, so any 'culls' will either be sold or go in my main flock. Then I can keep the bator & brooder going non-stop

 

[mstricer]

So question does a barred rock roo pass his barring to a non-barred female?

 

[buckabucka]

So question does a barred rock roo pass his barring to a non-barred female?

I think if the female is non-barred, she is carrying a recessive copy of the barring gene. And the barring gene is on the Z/male chromosome, so the female only has one copy. Keep in mind, though, that I really don't know what I am talking about!

 

[DMRippy]

Barring in Females is sex linked meaning it it on the genes that make MALE chicks If the female is not visually barred she is NOT CARRYING the barring genes. Barring is NOT recessive.

Roos with two copies of the barring (a normal barred roo) will pass the barring to 100% of his chicks. BUT the roos from a Barred roo and a non barred hen will only carry ONE copy and will not breed true. The second copy of barring in roos comes from the hen.


FYI: Female chickens determine the gender of the chicks she has one copy of each male and female genes and the barring is only attached to her male set of genes.

 

[buckabucka]

Like I said: keep in mind, that I don't really know what I'm talking about!

 

[DMRippy]

Like I said: keep in mind, that I don't really know what I'm talking about!