V-comb Phoenix

[wclawrence]

Henk, thanks for your help!
You didn't disappoint me. I guess 'tuft' would be a better description... yeah she has a tuft of feathers on top of her head.
What would you call it?
I know that the few feathers are due to the comb type, I dont know if I will be able to get more feathers there in the next few generations.
Any advice is good though.

Does anyone know with absolute certainty what genes are necessary for the v-comb to express?

This is her dad, when he was young. I wanted to show you guys his comb type. He apparently has one copy of the Buttercup gene.

Here is a terrible picture of another hen I hatched out of the same rooster (sorry about the bad quality. I would take another but a possum killed her) If you look closely at her comb you can see it is a perfect buttercup.

 

[Henk69]

That is approximately how crosslings between single comb and V-shape duplex comb look.
V-shape D^v and Cup-shape D^c are 2 dominant alleles of the duplex comb gene D.
d+ is wildtype.

My guess is that you don't have both alleles in your flock, unless intended.

What changes buttercup into the short horns is recessive, as is Breda mutation bd. Wildtype Bd+

 

[wclawrence]

Okay.
Well. I can tell you this about her breeding.
Her mother is her daddy's mother. She is straight combed.

Her daddy's daddy was straight combed.

Her daddy is the rooster in the above picture. He is the first in his line to have a comb like that. He also has a sister with the same comb type.
That is what the other pullet was out of.

I was not expecting this and have never seen it before.

 

[Vcomb]

very cool. that small tuft could be what is sometimes referred to as a "lark top".

 

[dangerouschicken]

I love V combs. She is a pretty girl. You are so lucky to have her in your flock!

 

[wclawrence]

Thanks! I really like her and look forward to making a few more.

 

[Henk69]

Sorry for the delay. This article explains it all.

[URL]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2013691?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedartic les&logdbfrom=pubmed[/URL]

 

[wclawrence]

Chicken Lady, you are more than welcome to use my pictures as much as you like, just credit Will Lawrence for the pic.
Thanks!

Henk,
Thanks for the link. So it seems that Dv (v-comb) is dominant over Dc (buttercup) and that they are both incomplete dominant genes.
That gives me hope. I will probably be able to raise some more of these.

 

[wclawrence]

Wanted to share a full body shot of her with you all.