Making Lemonade [Selective Culling Project - very long term]

[NatJ]

The other three from three hatches back. Front is a keeper (green legs, I guess I can live with that, male.), mid is keep for now, back goes away.

What leg color do you prefer?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

What leg color do you prefer?

I don't actually have a preference. Green was simply a surprise.

 

[NatJ]

I don't actually have a preference. Green was simply a surprise.

Genetically, green is yellow (recessive to white) and dark (sex-linked, recessive to light.)

The possible pairings of the two genes are:
white/light (=white)
white/dark (=slate/blue)
yellow/light (=yellow)
yellow/dark (=willow/green)

If you don't actually care about leg color, then of course you won't care about the genetics involved. If you do want to breed for a consistent leg color, that could take some doing, since it looks like you probably have all possible leg color genes.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Very few eggs this past week. Today, new nest, six eggs already. and the fake egg is gone - thinking something swallowed it, and is no longer so hungry... I hope it chokes and dies on it - as long as it doesn't happen under my shed.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Genetically, green is yellow (recessive to white) and dark (sex-linked, recessive to light.)

The possible pairings of the two genes are:
white/light (=white)
white/dark (=slate/blue)
yellow/light (=yellow)
yellow/dark (=willow/green)

If you don't actually care about leg color, then of course you won't care about the genetics involved. If you do want to breed for a consistent leg color, that could take some doing, since it looks like you probably have all possible leg color genes.

I definitely have all the leg color genes. and the green legs tend to pop up most frequently with the grey fluff. Not every grey fluffer has green legs, but I think every green legger has grey fluff. Admittedly, small sample size and my memory is imperfect.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Very few eggs this past week. Today, new nest, six eggs already. and the fake egg is gone - thinking something swallowed it, and is no longer so hungry... I hope it chokes and dies on it - as long as it doesn't happen under my shed.

Snakes do that a lot. Some are able to regurgitate it quick enough, others can't. Part of why I stopped using fakes in places that they can get to easily

 

[Auntiejessi3]

How long does it take to adapt I wonder, because by the end of a N Illinois summer I am ready for winter and have not adapted

When I moved from Arizona to Texas, it took me a few years to get used to the humidity. All the folks I met said," don't worry, you'll grow your gills eventually".

 

[Molpet]

Very few eggs this past week. Today, new nest, six eggs already. and the fake egg is gone - thinking something swallowed it, and is no longer so hungry... I hope it chokes and dies on it - as long as it doesn't happen under my shed.

I have found fake wooden eggs hundreds of ft away , going towards the creek . With teeth marks so I think raccoon

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I had to take the day off for some medical I couldn't schedule in the AM or the PM and make a half day of it, so I'll wander the woods a bit, see what I can find.

 

[Sally PB]

Good luck with the medical and the egg hunt.