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I don't see Ruby's breed or color mentioned in this thread. What is she?Three of the chicks have hatched! Two Quartz chicks and one Ruby chick. I thought Ruby's chicks would inherit a lot of her appearance, but the one Ruby chick hatched looks like Jasper when he was a chick-chipmunk pattern!
Sorry! Ruby is a Rhode Island Red Bantam hen. Here she is! She was reddish-brown when she was a chick. She also mated with Jasper, since that is the only rooster in the Gemstone Flock pen.I don't see Ruby's breed or color mentioned in this thread. What is she?
Both of the Quartz chicks have mainly black plumage, which surprised me when they came out. One has a silver face, and one has a mask that is more tinged with gold than silver. I assume the one with the silver mask is a cockerel, and the one with the gold mask is a pullet?For the chicks from Quarts the Silver Sebright, can you see whether they are gold (female) or silver (male)? Or do they have too much black or other confusing coloring?
In that case, I'm not really surprised that their chick came out with stripes. I think that is pretty common with a cross like that.Sorry! Ruby is a Rhode Island Red Bantam hen. Here she is! She was reddish-brown when she was a chick. She also mated with Jasper, since that is the only rooster in the Gemstone Flock pen.
Yes, that sounds right to me.Both of the Quartz chicks have mainly black plumage, which surprised me when they came out. One has a silver face, and one has a mask that is more tinged with gold than silver. I assume the one with the silver mask is a cockerel, and the one with the gold mask is a pullet?
Ideally, Sebrights would all be homozygous for the rose comb gene.All of Quartz's chicks have rose comb, so I take it that Quartz has two copies of the rose comb gene. Are Sebrights supposed to be homozygous for that gene or heterozygous?
(Sorry for all of the questions, I am still interested in this genetics information!)
Thank you!Henny feathering is autosomal and dominant from my understanding, so chicks of either sex should inherit it from her if she has it. However, hatchery Sebrights often lack the gene or are not pure for it, so you may or may not see it in her offspring.