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Nigel27
Crowing
So my roo must favor the barred hen, because this is the first yellow chick of his, he’s housed w three buff hens and a black barred hen that share eggs.
their parents being a solid Roo and barred hen made barred Roos and solid hens 50/50
I didn’t think a barred Roo breeding to a solid hen would make 50/50 black n barred because of the strong barring gene. I really don’t know genetics but I did a Punnett square and that showed 75%barred and 25% solid then I heard the barred gene would possibly lessen the 25% solids. Sorry I’m probably getting annoying lol
50%? I thought the barring gene would change that. I was thinking maybe 25% solid black at most. 50% would be awesome!Knowing the Rooster's genetic makeup(Split for Wheaten E/eWh) and the mother being also being pure Wheaten based(eWh/eWh) you actually have a 50% chance of getting Yellow chicks.
I didn’t think a barred Roo breeding to a solid hen would make 50/50 black n barred because of the strong barring gene. I really don’t know genetics but I did a Punnett square and that showed 75%barred and 25% solid then I heard the barred gene would possibly lessen the 25% solids. Sorry I’m probably getting annoying lol