Judykaymayes
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- Mar 2, 2023
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Wondering if it would be allright to cross White Leghorn hens to Turken Rooster wonder what colors you might come out with ?
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I just hatched out this cross and didn't get any showgirlsThere is no reason your couldn't. Depending on how many naked genes the naked neck has, you'll get either 100% with one gene or 50% with one gene and 50% with none (so a normal looking chicken). Also depends on the color the naked neck is to determine what the chick colors may bw
It's a Average, not guaranteed half and half for every hatch.I just hatched out this cross and didn't get any showgirls
How many chicks did you hatch?I just hatched out this cross and didn't get any showgirls
I see ! he is fully naked nakedHow many chicks did you hatch?
It should be 50/50 odds, just like the odds of male vs. female, or flipping a coin and getting heads or tails. Just like you can flip a coin two or three times and get the same thing every time, you can get all males or all the chicks can have feathered necks. But the more chicks you hatch, or the more times you flip a coin, the more likely you are to get some of both kinds.
Just to check the obvious-- the rooster does have a naked neck, right? No matter what his ancestors are like, if he has a fully feathered neck, so will all his chicks. But if he has the "bowtie" appearance, he should be siring 50% naked neck chicks (bowtie type).
If the rooster has a fully naked neck, with no bowtie, then every one of his chicks should show a naked neck, no matter which hens he is bred to.
Breeding such a rooster to hens with feathered necks will give 100% bowtie chicks. Breeding him to hens that have bowties should give a 50/50 split of bowtie chicks and chicks with fully naked necks.
If the rooster has a fully naked neck, and the chicks have fully feathered necks, then something isn't right. Either the rooster's neck is naked for some other reason (feather plucking?), or the chicks have the bowtie level of naked but hatched with enough fluff to be confusing, or the chicks have some other father that is not your naked-neck rooster.
I understand how the genetics are supposed to work, but I haven't personally hatched or raised them, so I don't know how naked the chicks would actually look when they hatch. So I don't know if bowtie chicks could be mistaken for chicks with feathered necks.
No !you can definitely be able to see the difference clearly.If the rooster has a fully naked neck, with no bowtie, then every one of his chicks should show a naked neck, no matter which hens he is bred to.
Breeding such a rooster to hens with feathered necks will give 100% bowtie chicks. Breeding him to hens that have bowties should give a 50/50 split of bowtie chicks and chicks with fully naked necks.
If the rooster has a fully naked neck, and the chicks have fully feathered necks, then something isn't right. Either the rooster's neck is naked for some other reason (feather plucking?), or the chicks have the bowtie level of naked but hatched with enough fluff to be confusing, or the chicks have some other father that is not your naked-neck rooster.
I understand how the genetics are supposed to work, but I haven't personally hatched or raised them, so I don't know how naked the chicks would actually look when they hatch. So I don't know if bowtie chicks could be mistaken for chicks with feathered necks.
In that case, if the difference should be clear to see at hatch, maybe your chicks were actually sired by a different rooster?No! you can definitely be able to see the difference clearly.
There is no reason your couldn't. Depending on how many naked genes the naked neck has, you'll get either 100% with one gene or 50% with one gene and 50% with none (so a normal looking chicken). Also depends on the color the naked neck is to determine what the chick colors may bwWondering if it would be allright to cross White Leghorn hens to Turken Rooster ?