Production red roo X Production red hen = White feathered chicks? - Page 2

Does that make them a dominant color?  My Rooster, Slick is almost all white but his butt feathers are black and his sister is beautiful white too. I'm just not sure who the mom was. 

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Originally Posted by Chris09 

 

 

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Maggizzle35 

This is such an interesting thread.  I was curious about the dominance in color as well.  I was wondering if a Lt. Brahma was dominant white, where as a Black Alstralope would be dominant black.  If the Lt. Brahma mates with Black Alstralope, I got a beautiful feather footed Black Alstralope Rooster, but what could the Lt. Brahma breed with that made a hen and two of the other Roosters, look like true Lt. Brahmas considering that I don't have any hens.  I had Easter Eggers, which is where the one roo came from, but the other 2 look just like full Lt. Brahma.  I have Buff Orpington, Silver Wyndott, Black Alstralope, banty white cochin? 

 

I find it interesting that all heathersnmom's came out white with a black spot, but maybe one was mixed with Black sex link some how.  Most colors can come through as far as 10 generations back. I learned that with Great Danes.  Thanks for the help.

Light Brahmas are Columbian Pattern which are Sex-link Silver.

 

Chris

Sex-link Silver would be a Dominant Gene.

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Originally Posted by jenanneray 


I have a black australorp roo, and a red sex link hen. Would this cross produce white chicks? If not, I have no idea where im getting white chicks from. Other hens are BA, cuckoo marans, barred rock, black sex link and delaware(though she very rarely lays.) Only one roo, the australorp.

Very much so cause most probly one side of the sex-link's original parents was a Dominant white high egg production type something another hen, I'm pretty sure.

Jeff

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Originally Posted by the4heathernsmom 

I hatched some eggs from a friend....she has hatchery production red hens with a production red roo.....all of the chicks have come out with white feathering and a couple of black spots on back or wing on a couple.  Anyone have an explanation or comment on what I may have here?  She only has production red roo and hens and one EE hen.  weird huh?

 

to the Original poster. Does your (what you're calling) production red hens have white tails and white in the neck(hackle) feathers. If so these are production (reds) so to say, they are production red-sexlinks or as some call golden sexlink. The other redsex- links that are soild red in color, still yet lighter than production reds are usually a cross between a pro red and a Delaware/Silver laced Wyandotte= cherry-eggers/or red sexlinks its all in however the factory/hatchery wants to call/name them. This crossed onto the Red roo would produce mostly red offspring with a few white or other color patterns sneaking in here or there. Most likely your cross to the pro red hens you've got are  GSLs and this is where the white chicks are poping out from as the dominant white from the hens is a very strong suit at least 50% or better will be white or have a lot of white on them. Hope all my blabbing does more good for info than confuzzling you any more so. I know what I'm trying to get across but whether its all the right phrases and stuff is unbeknownst to me. LOL

Jeff

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Originally Posted by jenanneray 


I have a black australorp roo, and a red sex link hen. Would this cross produce white chicks? If not, I have no idea where im getting white chicks from. Other hens are BA, cuckoo marans, barred rock, black sex link and delaware(though she very rarely lays.) Only one roo, the australorp.

Black (as in you Australorp) crossed with a Red Sex-link should give you both White and Black birds.

Chris

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Originally Posted by the4heathernsmom 

I hatched some eggs from a friend....she has hatchery production red hens with a production red roo.....all of the chicks have come out with white feathering and a couple of black spots on back or wing on a couple.  Anyone have an explanation or comment on what I may have here?

 

I don´t know what´s all the fuss, these chicks seem to be just plain old wheaten(both parent should be wheaten based, there is no reason for any of the chick to be a solid black/white colored as none parent are Extended Black or Birchen based, )

to the OP. do they look anything like the below chicks? can you post some pics?