What breed of rooster is this?

[Peck peck]

Breeding rose comb only breeds out sperm motility (according to studies I read) thus effecting fertility after many generations.. Since hatchery contract breeders know this.. they MAY be keeping a straight comb in their stock.. I HAVE gotten straight combed hatchery gold laced Wyandotte pullet in the past and WHAT prompted the research in the first place. I don't THINK I see straight combed Seabrights with straight combs?!

As an avid breeder of whatever I choose to pursue.. I happen to ALSO know that a straight comb is the absence of a comb modifying gene.. which mean BOTH parents had to have been carrying the straight comb gene.. one of them possibly hidden behind the visible rose comb.. only popped up when bred to the straight comb or another.. Test mating can help determine WHO is hiding the impurity for rose. WHATEVER that looks like when it written out genetically.. I'm not that far YET.

There are also gold laced Orpington that look VERY similar.. at that point you have to start looking at differences like skin color, eye color, body shape etc.. What was it sold as and where it came from and so on.

Golden Seabright rooster would be hen feathered and also rose combed in addition to being bantam sized.. and maybe different colored ear lobes than Wyandotte. You'd likely have noticed that sooner.

Orpington would have white skin on bottom of feet.. while Wyandotte should have yellow skin on bottom of feet is only noted because that is the easiest location to discern true skin color apart from shank color.

Good job paying attention, finally!
(goofy finally, not rudeness)

Wow you know alot about chickens! Thanks! Lol

 

[Quaicken108]

Hatchery quality GLW.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

GLW with single comb.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Wow you know alot about chickens! Thanks! Lol

After all these years.. just a little more than 10 maybe.. I barely know enough to scratch the surface!

That's what keeps it fun though.

Please note things get jumbled sometimes even when folks have the best of intentions. ALWAYS verify or get more opinions, especially on key points.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Breeding rose comb only breeds out sperm motility (according to studies I read) thus effecting fertility after many generations.. Since hatchery contract breeders know this.. they MAY be keeping a straight comb in their stock.. I HAVE gotten straight combed hatchery gold laced Wyandotte pullet in the past and WHAT prompted the research in the first place. I don't THINK I see straight combed Seabrights with straight combs?!

As an avid breeder of whatever I choose to pursue.. I happen to ALSO know that a straight comb is the absence of a comb modifying gene.. which mean BOTH parents had to have been carrying the straight comb gene.. one of them possibly hidden behind the visible rose comb.. only popped up when bred to the straight comb or another.. Test mating can help determine WHO is hiding the impurity for rose. WHATEVER that looks like when it written out genetically.. I'm not that far YET.

There are also gold laced Orpington that look VERY similar.. at that point you have to start looking at differences like skin color, eye color, body shape etc.. What was it sold as and where it came from and so on.

Golden Seabright rooster would be hen feathered and also rose combed in addition to being bantam sized.. and maybe different colored ear lobes than Wyandotte. You'd likely have noticed that sooner.

Orpington would have white skin on bottom of feet.. while Wyandotte should have yellow skin on bottom of feet is only noted because that is the easiest location to discern true skin color apart from shank color.

Good job paying attention, finally!
(goofy finally, not rudeness)

I did not know about the fertility issues of rose combs!! I was just wondering the other day why RC Leghorns and RIR never took off because it seems like such an advantage in cold climates. That makes more sense. Saved me from making a thread asking about this!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I did not know about the fertility issues of rose combs!! I was just wondering the other day why RC Leghorns and RIR never took off because it seems like such an advantage in cold climates. That makes more sense. Saved me from making a thread asking about this!

So.. you can use a straight comb crossed to rose comb and still get ALL rose comb offspring because rose is dominant to straight.. AS I understand it anyways.

Upon first discovering straight comb hatchery Wyandotte.. which at the time I thought were prettier anyways.. I thought it was sort of a shady practice done by hatcheries only. But as noted by the moon shiner.. it's not only hatcheries that do it.. folks who face breeding challenges often do what is needed to get past some block in the way.

Breeding challenge aside (if THAT arises as we KNOW there are MANY), Wyandotte SEEM to be fairly hardy, adaptable birds! I will remember to keep in mind though and look at other breeds regarding the rosecomb challenge.. in the same manner that I often do when working on rare breeds without a lot of variety information available.. taking what is useful and correlates.. My first batch/ 2nd generation of Lavs is in the bator now.. noting sterility.. or low sperm motility (how many gens came before my aquiree's) I BETTER start a log.. I have some non developers, I thought "early season" or "old eggs" since set date was delayed for.. more pressing (still happy) issues. But this conversation is a HUGE reminder not to let things slide with no accounting since I DO care about the details!