A Few Genetics Questions

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Just wondering what these hens X these roosters could potentially look like. Not like the Silkies crossed Silkies but like the Silkie crossed OEGB. :) Thanks

Roosters:
Silkie (white)
Plymouth Rock
Sussex (But he never got coloured neck feathers 🤷‍♀️)
Lillian
Small black and white D'Uccle cross

Hens:
OEGBs
D'Uccles (Melle Fleur)
Silkies (white)
Black & white speckled

Also I have this oldish hen that I would love to breed before she dies (I have no idea how long away that might be but, you never know. Better safe than sorry) and I was wondering what her X the Sussex *might* look like.


Photo one is the Sussex
Photo two is the oldish hen
Photo three is Lillian
 

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SilkiexOEGB: crested, feather legged, five toed, walnut combed offspring with black skin. Color unknown.
You really need to show me a picture of the OEGB so I know what color they are.
Silkiexd’Uccle crested, bearded, feather legged, five toed, walnut combed offspring with black skin. Color unknown.
What is the black and white speckled?
Plymouth Rockxd’Uccles feather legs and beards; leaky barred offspring,
Plymouth RockxSilkie crested, feather legged, five toed, walnut combed offspring. Color unknown barred.
Can you get a full image of the “Sussex?”
Lilianxd’Uccle bearded, featherlegged. Some chicks will have crests some won’t. They will be black with gold leakage.
LilianxSilkie Walnut combed, bearded, crested, feather legged, five toes, color unknown.
I also need a picture of the d’Uccle cross.
 
Oh wow! Sorry I totally forgot about half the pictures 🤦‍♀️

OK so the first photo is of a D'Uccle cross (hen)
Second: OEGB and the D'Uccle cross (rooster)
Third: Silkies
Fourth: D'Uccle hen
Fifth: Black and white speckled hen
Six and seven: Plymouth rocks
Eight: Sussex
Nine: Oldish hen, maran X Araucana I think
Ten: the other black and white hen

Thank you, that information is AMAZING.
 

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Oh, also (sorry) what is the chance of getting brown eyed chicks from a orange eyed rooster x a brown eyed hen? (or opposite)

Actually, a better way to put it would be,

What is dominant, orange or brown eyes?

(Sorry, I have a few more questions. Yes, I'm a pain :rolleyes: )

What is dominant, lavender, white, brown, or black colouring?
What is dominant, single or walnut comb?
What is dominant, barring or... not barring? (sorry, I didn't know what to call it)
What is dominant, Silkie or... normal feathers?
What is dominant, 5 toes or 4?
What is dominant, crests or not?
What is dominant, grey legs or white/yellow?
What is dominant, feathered legs or not?
What is dominant, black or 'pink' skin?

Thank you, sorry again. :duc (⬅️ me)
 
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SilkiexBlack and white speckled produces feather-legged, crested, walnut combed, offspring. OH, and offspring from the Silkies won't inherit beards from them since clearly, the Silkies are not bearded now that I can see them.
SilkiexOEGB gives you feather-legged, crested, walnut combed, offspring
Plymouth Rockxblack and white gives you barred, feather-legged offspring.
Plymouth RockxOEGB gives you leaky barred offspring.
Your so-called Sussex doesn't really look like a Sussex so IDK.
LilianxOEGB gives you black with leakage and feather legs.
Lilianxblack and white gives you black with feather legs
Not sure if your d'Uccle cross is a d'Uccle cross since he lacks a beard, but crossed with OEGB should produce leaky blacks
Crossed with d'Uccles Leaky mottleds
Crossed with Silkies feather-legged, crested, walnut combed, offspring
I am sorry but I have no idea what is hiding under the "Sussex's" white.
 
Your so-called Sussex doesn't really look like a Sussex so IDK.
Not sure if your d'Uccle cross is a d'Uccle cross since he lacks a beard, but crossed with OEGB should produce leaky blacks
I am sorry but I have no idea what is hiding under the "Sussex's" white.
I dunno. We brought Sussexs eggs (so there could be anything in them) last year and hatched them, he was the only odd one out 🤷‍♀️ He is supposedly either a Coronation or a Light Sussex. Oh, he also just got out of a dust bath in that photo, sorry, I forgot to mention.
The D'Uccle cross is probably 2/8 Pekin, 5/8 D'Uccle, 1/8 Araucana, so I just said D'Uccle cross because it's the most.
Thank you this information is amazing.
 
Oh, also (sorry) what is the chance of getting brown eyed chicks from a orange eyed rooster x a brown eyed hen? (or opposite)

Actually, a better way to put it would be,

What is dominant, orange or brown eyes?

(Sorry, I have a few more questions. Yes, I'm a pain :rolleyes: )

What is dominant, lavender, white, brown, or black colouring?
What is dominant, single or walnut comb?
What is dominant, barring or... not barring? (sorry, I didn't know what to call it)
What is dominant, Silkie or... normal feathers?
What is dominant, 5 toes or 4?
What is dominant, crests or not?
What is dominant, grey legs or white/yellow?
What is dominant, feathered legs or not?
What is dominant, black or 'pink' skin?

Thank you, sorry again. :duc (⬅️ me)
Irrepressible, like myself.
I’m not sure whether orange or brown is dominant but I think brown is often inherited with black plumage. I believe there is a gene causing it in colors like Quail or anything else but can’t remember if it is dominant or recessive.

What is dominant, lavender, white, brown, or black colouring?
Lavender is recessive to black, white can be either recessive or incompletely dominant to black, brown isn’t really caused by one gene, what do you mean by brown?
What is dominant, single or walnut comb? Walnut.
What is dominant, barring or... not barring? (sorry, I didn't know what to call it). Barring is sexlinked dominant. A barred female crossed with a nonbarred male gives single barred males and nonbarred females. A double barred male with a nonbarred female gives you single barred males and barred females. Males can inherit two copies but females only can inherit one…from their father. Hence why double barred males are lighter
What is dominant, Silkie or... normal feathers? Normal
What is dominant, 5 toes or 4? Five
What is dominant, crests or not? Crests
What is dominant, grey legs or white/yellow? White/yellow is sexlinked dominant
What is dominant, feathered legs or not? Feathered
What is dominant, black or 'pink' skin? Well the black, but it must be inherited with the id+ gene (dermal melanin) which causes grey/willow shanks and is sexlinked recessive.
 
Irrepressible, like myself.
I’m not sure whether orange or brown is dominant but I think brown is often inherited with black plumage. I believe there is a gene causing it in colors like Quail or anything else but can’t remember if it is dominant or recessive.

What is dominant, lavender, white, brown, or black colouring?
Lavender is recessive to black, white can be either recessive or incompletely dominant to black, brown isn’t really caused by one gene, what do you mean by brown?
What is dominant, single or walnut comb? Walnut.
What is dominant, barring or... not barring? (sorry, I didn't know what to call it). Barring is sexlinked dominant. A barred female crossed with a nonbarred male gives single barred males and nonbarred females. A double barred male with a nonbarred female gives you single barred males and barred females. Males can inherit two copies but females only can inherit one…from their father. Hence why double barred males are lighter
What is dominant, Silkie or... normal feathers? Normal
What is dominant, 5 toes or 4? Five
What is dominant, crests or not? Crests
What is dominant, grey legs or white/yellow? White/yellow is sexlinked dominant
What is dominant, feathered legs or not? Feathered
What is dominant, black or 'pink' skin? Well the black, but it must be inherited with the id+ gene (dermal melanin) which causes grey/willow shanks and is sexlinked recessive.
Wow. Thank you that's amazing. I meant like the OEGB's 'brown', or is it 'red'?
That stuff about the barring is interesting, I didn't realise that it was so complicated. What is the difference between single barred and double barred?
 
Wow. Thank you that's amazing. I meant like the OEGB's 'brown', or is it 'red'?
That stuff about the barring is interesting, I didn't realise that it was so complicated. What is the difference between single barred and double barred?
Well, it’s more of a gold duckwing, since the males aren’t brown at all.
But it is recessive to extended black.
Here: since you understand this much now, I will just link you to the calculator. You can tinker with the genes and see what is recessive and dominant. Certain aspects of my explanation won’t make sense without the context of the whole chicken genome.
http://kippenjungle.nl/chickencalculator.html
And this http://www.kippenjungle.nl/chickengenetics/
 
Well, it’s more of a gold duckwing, since the males aren’t brown at all.
But it is recessive to extended black.
Here: since you understand this much now, I will just link you to the calculator. You can tinker with the genes and see what is recessive and dominant. Certain aspects of my explanation won’t make sense without the context of the whole chicken genome.
http://kippenjungle.nl/chickencalculator.html
And this http://www.kippenjungle.nl/chickengenetics/
Oh cool! Thanks.
 

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