Chocolate projects?

[fuzzybutt love]

Nothing to add, just really like the fullness of the feathers on those birds, smoothmule.

 

[mkmills]

Gary,
There are 2 different genes that make a chocolate phenotype (visually chocolate). If yours is recessive/sex linked chocolate, breeding a chocolate to another chocolate can only produce chocolates, 100% chocolates and not a single "other color" or it's not chocolate.
Here is how recessive chocolate works.....and yes, you can only verify a chocolate by breeding if there is any question.


Chocolate cockerel + Chocolate hen = 100% Chocolate

Chocolate cockerel + non chocolate hen = all Chocolate pullets & all Chocolate Split cockerels (non chocolate but carry the Chocolate gene)

Non Chocolate cockerel + Chocolate hen = all Chocolate Split males & all Non Chocolate pullets

Chocolate Split Cockerel + Chocolate hen = 25% Chocolate hens, 25% Non Chocolate pullets, 25% Chocolate cockerels & 25% Chocolate split cockerels

Chocolate Split Cockerel + Non Chocolate hen = 25% Chocolate pullets, 25% Non Chocolate pullets, 25% Non Chocolate cockerels & 25% Chocolate split cockerels

*****Chocolate Split which only appears in the Cockerels, they can have a non chocolate gene and a chocolate gene. BUT hens are either chocolate or they are not, if not, they do not have the gene.

This is awesome information, I'm just getting ready to start working on a chocolate silkie project.

Thanks!

 

[country]

Would these be considered chocolate? As far as I know, they did not come from dun or chocolate, but just popped up in my line of Sizzles & seem to be breeding true.

 

[smoothmule]

Gosh, I have no idea. Silkies seem to have their own genetics and they sure are a mess to learn. You should go to the Silkies group. Someone there would likely know

 

[smoothmule]

This is awesome information, I'm just getting ready to start working on a chocolate silkie project.

Thanks!

As far as I know, there is no recessive chocolate in Silkies. What breed will you bring in for the chocolate? There are chocolate looking colors in the Silkies already but I don't know how their genes work to make them look chocolate but they don't breed as chocolate does.

 

[mkmills]

My chocolate Roo is evolved from chocolate orphingtons and silkies.

 

[dressagegal1986]

@smoothmule I tried to pm you. Do you have any chocolates available or any splits?

 

[dressagegal1986]

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[smoothmule]

I am not selling any of my chocolates from my project pen until I've gotten them perfected and shown.

 

[smoothmule]

Most recent.....and most favorite chocolate Araucana chick so far.

My line (not aware anyone else is working on these)