The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[JacinLarkwell]

looks like it.

Then this hen has to be the mother. This is the only blue bird in this flock. But there is absolutely no reason she should have a single comb gene.

The dad has a single comb, but the mother absolutely should not. The other blue chick has the Pp comb that should have occurred in both.

 

[nicalandia]

I hatched a Malay chick with something I haven't seen before. Feather buds right down the middle of both hocks. The rest of the shanks are clean.
What would cause this? Also will it go away? View attachment 3564108View attachment 3564110

I Highly recomend you reconcider your source for Malays, eb, single combs and now hock feathering are too many red flags to be chance genetics

 

[MysteryChicken]

I Highly recomend you reconcider your source for Malays, eb, single combs and now hock feathering.

This one is hatched from my flock of Indians I got in 2021.

 

[nicalandia]

Then this hen has to be the mother. This is the only blue bird in this flock. But there is absolutely no reason she should have a single comb gene.
View attachment 3564221View attachment 3564222
The dad has a single comb, but the mother absolutely should not. The other blue chick has the Pp comb that should have occurred in both.

She is the dame

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'm only hunting for the Indian Malays, & the breeder I ordered for my second flock addition was even confused about the whole single combed chick thing, so I assumed he's never had that pop up.

My original Source for my 2021 Malays was bid_on2003, but they weren't selling this year, so I went with the other guy chickenf-76 this year.

bid_2003 never culled unwanted chicks, & had his Indian Malay stock for several decades. So, maybe that's the reason for the feather subs on the hocks? My Splash Duckwing chick that's now 10 weeks had some up the shanks but they disappeared.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

She is the dame

Then why does it have a single comb?

 

[nicalandia]

Then why does it have a single comb?

She is recessive for single comb

 

[JacinLarkwell]

She is recessive for single comb

Great. Her breed absolutely shouldn't have that gene.

 

[nicalandia]

Great. Her breed absolutely shouldn't have that gene.

What breed is she?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What breed is she?

Araucana. Mixed coloring, but pure bred