Ok, yea I could not figure out the calculator thing. I'm thinking if I put a black roo split for mottled over a chocolate hen/choc hen split to mottled. It will give me black roos and chocolate hens and I can easily tell hens and roos apart?
You are awesome, also I have a black roo split (carrying one mottled gene) to mottled.
So:
Black roo carries mottled X chocolate hen = ??????
and
Black roo carries mottled x chocolate hen that carries mottled = ??????
^^^^ he currently appears solid black actually, at about 3 months old. I'm told by reputable breeder who I purchased from that he only carries one copy of the mottled gene, and one copy of chocolate as this is the roo I requested.
I'm trying to figure out which rooster to keep to achieve my goal. My goal is to have as many mottled chicks as possible and for all roos to be black and hens brown. 2 questions:
1. If I put black roo split to Mottled and chocolate over a chocolate hen it will give me what?
2. If I put black...
I have a genetics question:
1. If I put black roo split to Mottled and chocolate over a chocolate hen it will give me what?
2. If I put black roo split to Mottled and chocolate over a chocolate Mottled hen I get what?
My goal is to have as much mottled chicks as possible and for my roos to...
I have 10+ BBS 100% English Orpington Hatching eggs available for sale. I am NPIP 55-1326 and AI clean. My original birds are from 3 very reputable bloodlines and I do cull for the best representation of the breed (English Standard). These eggs will hatch Blue/Black/Splash chicks as I have a...
^^^^ thank you, very very helpful. Finding help on these birds is very hard, I'm new, startedc this on my own and don't know anyone willing to help on these imports in my area, this website is the only way I can assure I'm breeding the best I have.
I gladly accept any criticism because I really...