type of comb

soccerguy17

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i dont know if this is the right section to post this in so feel free to move it if needed. i was just wondering what type of comb this is considered all my birds have single combs and ive never seen a comb like this.

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I couldn't tell you what that kind of comb is called, but I can tell you that comb shape is determined by 2 different genes on separate chromosomes, so depending on how they're situated can get you one of the recognized types or something strange. I have a roo that is a combination pea/single comb. It's tall like a single comb, but lacking the spikes, and has two very small smooth ridges running down each side. I've never seen another like it.

http://marsa_sellers.tripod.com/geneticspages/page2.html#t9
 
That looks like a combination Buttercup and Rose comb. Looks from one pic like there is a cup in the middle of the comb, a depression. Rose combs don't have that-my Wyandottes have rose combs and they don't look like that; they don't stand up like that one.
 

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