black/blue-breasted genetics?

[extraordinaryfowl]

Does anyone know the genes that are responsible for black or blue-breasted red/gold/white (silver)/brown birds? Say I wanted to cross a completely barred bird onto a black-breasted red for example, is it possible for the offspring to acquire the barring in place of the red? I hope I didn't make it too confusing - not really sure how else to put it.


I guess I should have said, how do solid-colored birds interact with the black-breasted pattern. I know about crossing black and blue-breasted birds of different back colors together.

 

[nicalandia]

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they are just wild type(e+) or wild type looking(eb/ewh) males, if you cross them with a Solid Barred Hen ALL of the birds will be Solid/almost solid and they will not be barred Black Breasted Red/Silver..

edit here is a nice chicken calculator you can play with
http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html

 

[sjarvis00]

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it can make a difference which way the cross is ran, but using the e+ (BB red) over Barred hen is a starting point for crele. the methid of the cross is determined more by the end goal. Without an end goal there is no point in a cross.

 

[nicalandia]

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True..

 

[extraordinaryfowl]

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True..

The goal being to replace the solid color with a new color pattern.

 

[sjarvis00]

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True..

The goal being to replace the solid color with a new color pattern.

Oh, good luck

 

[nicalandia]

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True..

The goal being to replace the solid color with a new color pattern.

so you have Crele in mind? because Solid Black its kinda hard to modified

 

[extraordinaryfowl]

Thanks for the chicken calculator. interesting