What's wrong with their feathers?

[alicefelldown]

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The first gen will have smooth/normal feathers, since the h (hookless) gene/allele is recessive, while normal feathering is dominant. When the first gen smooth feather chicks are bred back to their soft/fluffy/etc parent, half of the second generation chicks will have soft/fluffy/etc feathers, as they should have inherited two copies of recessive h/hookless, while the other half will still be smooth feathered.

 

[KellyHM]

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The first gen will have smooth/normal feathers, since the h (hookless) gene/allele is recessive, while normal feathering is dominant. When the first gen smooth feather chicks are bred back to their soft/fluffy/etc parent, those second generation chicks will have soft/fluffy/etc feathers, as they should have two copies of recessive h/hookless.

1/2 of the second generation chicks will have smooth feathers and 1/2 will have normal feathers.

 

[averytds]

dsqard

If F1 came out silkie feathered, now that really would be something to talk about. That of course would mean it's not because of h and Julie's brood has some as yet unknown dominant gene.

IOW we'll all just have to wait for F2 for more SAMs.

 

[alicefelldown]

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Another lesson learned, always double check before you hit 'Submit'. Normal meaning h/h?

 

[aveca]

That Blue is outstanding Jubaby... Love it..What are you going to call this breed? The natives in S america say the blue eggs are from heavan the green are from earth...the blue chick heavan sent. heavan blues?

 

[KellyHM]

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Another lesson learned, always double check before you hit 'Submit'. Normal meaning h/h?

h/h = homozygous for hookless, therefore the gene is expresssed and they are hookless
h/H = heterozygous for hookless, in which case the "normal" feathers will be shown (this is the genotype of the F1 generation)

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

Cross some fingers for me!

I had 3 that developed to the point of hatching under a broody, and then I moved them into the incubator. One pipped this morning, and 10 hours later had made no progress so I've been helping bit by bit every couple of hours. So far so good. I've had a little experience helping birds hatch, as I made some mistakes in my incubating earlier this year... Generally I wouldn't help, but this is a special case!

I'll be tickled with one healthy chick, but with a little luck, maybe the others will pip for me too! I hope to have happy photos by morning!

 

[alicefelldown]

 

[kathyinmo]

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[BeardedLadyFarm]

Bad news...

I don't know if I "helped" too much, or too little, but the poor thing didn't make it. It sounded like it was having trouble breathing, which is why I started removing shell in the first place, so its beak would be exposed. I went slow. I saw a bit of blood, and stopped. Anyway, it stopped breathing all together. There are still two eggs in there, which aren't actually "due" until tomorrow. I'll hold out hope for them!