Osage Roost
General Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Daryl on April 06, 2011, 05:21:50 PM
-
Does a bearded hen have something in her genes that she passes on to her offspring that would give her hen poults a better chance of having a beard? Just a curious question.
-
It is a recessive gene that all turkeys carry in their dna . It just becomes a dominant trait in a few birds . Kind of like the non-typical gene that all whitetails carry . That one also only becomes a dominant gene in a select few animals . Preston Pittman told me that he thinks that bearded hens are responsible for gobblers with multiple beards .
-
It is a recessive gene that all turkeys carry in their dna . It just becomes a dominant trait in a few birds . Kind of like the non-typical gene that all whitetails carry . That one also only becomes a dominant gene in a select few animals . Preston Pittman told me that he thinks that bearded hens are responsible for gobblers with multiple beards .
I've heard the multiple beards for toms before too.
I thought maybe Darlin had nested around a bearded hen too much once before ... way before his current wife that is (Darlin I hope she doesn't look at the site but if so... way before you met her :) )