Black Australorp Hen X Splash Orphington Roo???? HELP

[bk15]

Okay I need everyone's knowledge Iam doing a test breeding on my roo to see how he produces before I go buy expensive blue Orphington hens!!! And Iam breeding black a 4 year old black australorp hen to my splash Orphington Roo. I think I will all blue chicks because that how those to colors work but I have been hearing that black chicks baby's have been born in that kind of breeding but there should not be black chicks there they should be all blue cause Splash X Black = 100% all BLUE. Ants ways I need some advice on anyone who has bred those to colors together and what color chicks did they cause Iam hoping for all Blue ONLY!!

 

[nicalandia]

there should not be black chicks there they should be all blue cause Splash X Black = 100% all BLUE.

True Splash x Black = All Blue.

 

[bk15]

True Splash x Black = All Blue.

Okay thanks that's what I thought but I herd that when u did that crossing with an australorp some of the babies came out black with that batch of chicks so could just the australorp gene cause black so dominant??

 

[donrae]

No.

When you cross an Australorp with a lo of other colors, you'll get black chicks due to the dominant nature of the black. But, the genes that cause blue and splash actually act on/with the black color, not competing with it. So, it's not a matter of dominance, more of co-existance

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Doing this will determine if your rooster is truly splash. If you get anything besides blue chicks, he's not pure somehow.

 

[bk15]

Thanks for the advice!!