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post #1 of 9
2/16/12 at 10:45am
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Okay color people, What's going on with the coloring of this bird? She's a project (Silkie/cochin/cross) 

 

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post #2 of 9
2/16/12 at 11:16am

Others on the forum are more expert but I'll guess.

on the surface it looks like black patterned gold -necked/birchen E^R/e+?

but I'd guess it's Extended black with gold leaking through

What color was the Cochin?

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post #3 of 9
2/16/12 at 11:20am
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Originally Posted by pastorwalt View Post

Others on the forum are more expert but I'll guess.

on the surface it looks like black patterned gold -necked/birchen E^R/e+?

but I'd guess it's Extended black with gold leaking through

What color was the Cochin?



that was about as a good guess as it will get.. heterozygous Birchen

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post #4 of 9
2/16/12 at 11:23am
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I do not remember what the breeder told me, I should have wrote it down! And I don't know what color the parents are. Is it safe to say if she's bred to a golden rooster, she'd produce something golden?

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post #5 of 9
2/16/12 at 11:33am

Hrm, hybrids can be really unpredictable when it comes to their offspring.

 

When you say 'golden' do you mean buff?  According to the chicken calculator, you'd end up with 50% fawn/dun patterned buffs, and 50% black patterned buff (black on top, buff on bottom).

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post #6 of 9
2/16/12 at 11:48am
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Sorry, I mean golden duckwing 

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post #7 of 9
2/16/12 at 1:05pm

well. I'm still not an expert, maybe nicalandia will chime in again.

but...golden usually means a heterozygous s+/S on male chromosomes

(half gold - half silver), rather than buff, when talking genetics

it can't happen in hens because they only have one Z and one W

If we are right and she's s+ you'd want silver to produce golden roos

as for duckwing... maybe she's half e+

maybe some of her chicks would express e+ rather than E^R

Maybe there are genes hiding out waiting to surprise you

cross breeds are a crapshoot but some of the surprises are good ones

play around with the chicken calculator

http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html

fun and educational and quicker than waiting for the next generation

Walt

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post #8 of 9
2/16/12 at 6:44pm
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Originally Posted by Celtic Hill View Post

Okay color people, What's going on with the coloring of this bird? She's a project (Silkie/cochin/cross) 

 

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What variety was the cochin and silkie? Which one was the father?

 

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post #9 of 9
2/17/12 at 5:57pm

this was her father Ian, he is a gold mottled duckwing Ohiki.................................................................................chrisfIMG_2475.JPG

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