Jul 29, 2009 #1 Ytailhunter In the Brooder 11 Years Joined Sep 17, 2008 Messages 76 Reaction score 0 Points 39 Location Massena NY
Jul 29, 2009 #2 Krys109uk Songster 11 Years Joined Aug 6, 2008 Messages 2,389 Reaction score 40 Points 181 Location a valley; by a brook. Possibly blue on extended black with melanisers missing? Also could be split for silver & gold?
Jul 29, 2009 #3 redhen Kiss My Grits... Premium Feather Member 11 Years Joined May 19, 2008 Messages 35,106 Reaction score 230 Points 458 Location Western MA Pretty!
Jul 29, 2009 #4 enola Crowing 11 Years Joined Jan 23, 2009 Messages 13,143 Reaction score 1,526 Points 378 Location Irwin, Pennsylvania (Pittsburg area) This is interesting since I have a cockerel that is 1/2 Araucana and 1/2 Game with the same color pattern. I don't know anything about color genetics, but how can they have both silver and gold bleeding through ?
This is interesting since I have a cockerel that is 1/2 Araucana and 1/2 Game with the same color pattern. I don't know anything about color genetics, but how can they have both silver and gold bleeding through ?
Jul 29, 2009 #5 Sonoran Silkies Flock Mistress 11 Years Educator Joined Jan 4, 2009 Messages 20,149 Reaction score 523 Points 421 Location Tempe, Arizona Males carry two copies of the gene. A male can be S/S (silver), S/s+ (golden) or s+/s+ (gold). A female, however, carries only one copy of the gene, so is either S/- (silver) or s+/- (gold). Last edited: Jul 29, 2009
Males carry two copies of the gene. A male can be S/S (silver), S/s+ (golden) or s+/s+ (gold). A female, however, carries only one copy of the gene, so is either S/- (silver) or s+/- (gold).
Jul 29, 2009 #6 Animal15 In the Brooder 10 Years Joined Jan 31, 2009 Messages 93 Reaction score 1 Points 41 Blue.
Jul 29, 2009 #7 Rootball Songster 10 Years Joined May 17, 2009 Messages 560 Reaction score 32 Points 154 Location Western Colorado Quote: I think its a cockerel though isnt it.
Jul 29, 2009 #8 Sonoran Silkies Flock Mistress 11 Years Educator Joined Jan 4, 2009 Messages 20,149 Reaction score 523 Points 421 Location Tempe, Arizona Quote: I think its a cockerel though isnt it. I guess my point was that since it is a cockerel it can indeed carry mismatched alleles.
Quote: I think its a cockerel though isnt it. I guess my point was that since it is a cockerel it can indeed carry mismatched alleles.