Hmm, i can't remember right now, took my comments from some notes I had taken. I know the silver is dominant, not sure what the gold would do in that case. surely someone on this thread knows, or maybe try the genetics calculator. Sorry.
With a silver rooster, the offspring will all be silver, but the males from the gold hen can carry gold gene and may (or may not) show some red leakage.
I know very little about red, ok nothing actually. But after playing with the genetics calculators for my chocolates, I'm starting to follow some of this, so you could very well be onto something. No idea why i never asked you about this when i first discovered them! Lol
And the lav should...
Wow those do look similar. I'm just in love with the look of them! Thanks for helping!
I did read somewhere they were breeding true through generations, so apparently they got it. I just can't find enough that makes sense to me.
Trying to find information on "Bobtail" bantam cochins -- its a color, not a different style of cochin. (The color name was supposedly given because of the resemblance of the hens to an Old English Sheepdog/Bobtail)
www.cochinsint.com/uploads/8/8/2/1/8821267/ci_-_bobtail_cochins.pdf
Of the...