Thank you. Makes more sense now. If the original cuckoo rooster were crossed with a crele hen (that doesn't carry the birchen gene), would the cockerel hatched carry birchen and silver as well? Sorry for asking so many questions.
Thanks again,
Cuckoo Orpington.
Hi All,
Firstly I didn't know whether to put this under this section or the breed and gender one. But I guess it is kind of about genetics. I have two Orpington pullets that hatched from a pen of Orps - a cuckoo rooster, a crele hen and a black hen. I expected to hatch Creles, Cuckoos and...