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Post by Kickingbird on Apr 17, 2004 13:44:28 GMT -5
Several breeds of chickens have sex-linked barring. The most popular and distinct breed being the Barred Plymouth Rock. Barred rocks are usualy pure for the barring gene and the gene is dominate (if it is there you will see it). However because the gene is located on the male sex chromosome(Z), hens only carry one copy of the gene. This is the chariteristic that makes sexlinked crosses possible.
When a rooster that is free from barring, such as a RI Red, is bred to a barred rock hen the resulting male offspring will inherit the barred gene present in the hen and the female offspring will inherit the female gene (W) with no barring. All roosters will be barred and all hens will be solid color.
If a breeder intends to breed barring into his birds the best bet is to breed a barred rooster to the unbarred hens. This will give an F1 generation that is 100% barred. Further breeding can eliminate solid color offspring.
KB
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Post by Longtailedchicken on Apr 30, 2004 16:27:58 GMT -5
Mark, How would Domineckers (sp?) do and would that breed be detrimental to a longtail project in any way ?
Rick
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Post by Kickingbird on Apr 30, 2004 16:43:07 GMT -5
Rick,
First let me say I don't have any experience breeding Doms. However I do have experience breeding barred rocks to longtails. If you look at the Doms avalible most have more of a single tail and little in the way of extra or "mutant" feathering in their tail.
I don't think it would hinder the breed if you crossed back to phoenix for several generations. However I do believe that if one used barred rocks (show quality) you have a better chance of getting a huge increase in tail and saddle feathers. I wish you could see the crosses I have.I'll try to get some pics to show the multiple feathering in the tail and pre-tail reigon of these birds. It is incredible.
Mark
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