Walnut comb

[HonkABC]

Hod do I breed out walnut combs from chickens? Thank you.

 

[Debbie292d]

Assuming they are silkies or silkie mix. You'd have to get the silkie out of them.

If they are pure silkies, that's just the way they are. You'd have to cross breed them to a straight-combed chicken, get rid of any walnut combs, and keep breeding the straight-combed ones, and eventually you'll have a mix breed with a straight comb.

 

[HonkABC]

Is the silkie gene linked to walnut comb?

 

[Amer]

Is the silkie gene linked to walnut comb?

No

 

[HonkABC]

I forgot to say, but I would like to breed out the walnut comb while keeping the silkie gene.

 

[Amer]

I forgot to say, but I would like to breed out the walnut comb while keeping the silkie gene.

You can

 

[HonkABC]

is the walnut comb gene dominant or recessive?

 

[Amer]

is the walnut comb gene dominant or recessive?

Walnut combs can be cushion combs (which have the pea and rose comb genes) or modified rose combs, depending on the breed, however, in either case they are dominant to single combs.

 

[HonkABC]

Walnut combs can be cushion combs (which have the pea and rose comb genes) or modified rose combs, depending on the breed, however, in either case they are dominant to single combs.

Thank you!