What kind of comb is this?

[Strange Hatter Farms]

Last Fall my chicken coop was destroyed by a tornado. I put my purebreds together in the barn until I could get another coop for them. I decided to hatch some of the eggs from the mixes. The eggs are from my Appenzeller hen and either my Orpington or Cream legbar rooster.


This chick came out with the weirdest comb. Anyone know what it is? My roosters have single combs, not sure how this came to be.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Looks like a Buttercup Comb to me

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

This is the typical result of crossing a single combed breed and a V-combed breed. It does look similar to a buttercup comb, but differs genetically. The V-comb is caused by one allele of the duplex gene, D^v, while buttercup is from another allele, D^b. D^v is partially dominant, so does not make a full V-comb unless two copies are present. When only one copy of D^v is present (and the other 'slot' is filled by d+ from a single-combed parent, for example), it looks like the chick in the original post.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I call them starcombs. That's not their actual name, but it's pretty accurate lookswise. Males will get pretty big combs

 

[Strange Hatter Farms]

I call them starcombs. That's not their actual name, but it's pretty accurate lookswise. Males will get pretty big combs

Do you have a picture of an adult?

 

[Strange Hatter Farms]

This is the typical result of crossing a single combed breed and a V-combed breed. It does look similar to a buttercup comb, but differs genetically. The V-comb is caused by one allele of the duplex gene, D^v, while buttercup is from another allele, D^b. D^v is partially dominant, so does not make a full V-comb unless two copies are present. When only one copy of D^v is present (and the other 'slot' is filled by d+ from a single-combed parent, for example), it looks like the chick in the original post.

Thank you

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you have a picture of an adult?

Back is a starcomb, front is a cometcomb (peaxV)

 

[Strange Hatter Farms]

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Back is a starcomb, front is a cometcomb (peaxV)

Thank you!