What do you think the genotype to this chick is, and how do you think it will end up looking?
The mother is a lavender English Araucana and the father is a buff silkie. I bred them to find out whether the lavender araucana was breeding true (I bought English araucana hatching eggs and some of her siblings turned out blue, so I was a bit worried about her as well). I expected only black chicks, but some of them turned out light grey. I guess the araucana is actually blue, not lavender. Or blue AND lavender? What do you think?
Some of their chicks turned out yellow. How is this possible? I don’t know anything about the mothers lineage, but all her siblings were black, blue or lavender.
The buff rooster is from a pure buff (black tailed) line.
The mother is a lavender English Araucana and the father is a buff silkie. I bred them to find out whether the lavender araucana was breeding true (I bought English araucana hatching eggs and some of her siblings turned out blue, so I was a bit worried about her as well). I expected only black chicks, but some of them turned out light grey. I guess the araucana is actually blue, not lavender. Or blue AND lavender? What do you think?
Some of their chicks turned out yellow. How is this possible? I don’t know anything about the mothers lineage, but all her siblings were black, blue or lavender.
The buff rooster is from a pure buff (black tailed) line.