The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[Poultrybonkers]

Yes, most definitely.

Brown egg color like Maran is Polygenic in nature with many sex linked genes. Male Maran x Wyandotte. Cross the best F1s to each other and keep repeating based on Female egg color

Ill have to keep that in mind for later use as all i have is a maran hen but using her for olive eggers the rooster is an f1

 

[nicalandia]

Ill have to keep that in mind for later use as all i have is a maran hen but using her for olive eggers the rooster is an f1

it can work, but it will take a bit longer. But with such extended project one more generation would not make a difference

Wyandotte Rooster x Maran Hen

F1 males will inherit all of the sex linked brown genes from Maran dame so when crossed with F1 hens many of the female progeny will have inherited them.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Curious.
What are the chances I can get another slender rooster out of this pair?

I lost their son sometime before Christmas last year due to cancer. (RIP Goober)

 

[nicalandia]

Curious.
What are the chances I can get another slender rooster out of this pair?

Pretty big chances

 

[MysteryChicken]

Pretty big chances

Good to know. I was gonna hatch 6 eggs from them this year in hopes to get another like Goober if not 2 so I have a back up.

 

[Tonyroo]

I have a question, how do I create an exact copy of my deceased Blue Swedish Flower hen?

I've been thinking about all the hatches I've done with her eggs. None of her chicks ever came close to looking like her.

What color birds do I need to start with?

This is her at 5 weeks. Bottom right corner.

This her at 3 months.

This her at 6 months.

This is her at over a year old.

Any help and guidance would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[nicalandia]

I have a question, how do I create an exact copy of my deceased Blue Swedish Flower hen?

I've been thinking about all the hatches I've done with her eggs. None of her chicks ever came close to looking like her.

What color birds do I need to start with?

This is her at 5 weeks. Bottom right corner.
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This her at 3 months.
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This her at 6 months.
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This is her at over a year old.
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Any help and guidance would be appreciated, thanks.

She looks like a text book Blue Swedish Flower Hen.. she is clearly ER/eb a the e locus. You just have been unlucky to get more like her.

 

[Medebrajean]

I have another question.

 

[nicalandia]

I have another question.

Please don't wait until I reply that is okay to ask.

Just ask.

 

[Medebrajean]

Sorry, I have multiple questions and didn't want to speak out of turn.
I have a couple of f1 hens resulting from a cross.
They're from what I believe to have been a Crested Cream(possibly silver) legbar roo (free chick-now deceased-no picture) crossed with delaware hens. The f1's lay really pretty green eggs and have little crests. I don't have any other blue egg laying genes/ or crested genes in my flock..... So..... The crested legbar is undoubtedly the papa of the crested green egg laying f1. For sure.
I have alot of questions regarding this cross.
Firstly, Would you kindly be able to confirm the Delaware parentage by phenotype?
The only reason I ask is because there is a slight chance a Bielefelder hen's egg was incubated along with the Delawares.
I will attempt to find the picture. I posted a question about them a few weeks ago and posted a picture. But I'm a little technologically challenged (understatement). Looking for it now........