black chick without black in flock?

[tiffanya]

Just had a broody hatch out a black and white chick. I know its half speckled sussex and the other half?... Sussex, white orp or buff orp (those are the only options). I don't know a thing about chicken genetics. Anybody have any ideas?

 

[chickendales]

if u mix sussex to any think u almost always get black

 

[tiffanya]

Really? This surprises me. I guess I figured it would be some lighter version of the sussex red. Do you know why genetically?

 

[chickendales]

u need two bird with the mottled gene to produce the white spots

 

[tiffanya]

Thank you. I appreciate the input. I did get an email from a family that bought hatching eggs off of me a few weeks ago, with pictures of the chicks they hatched out. It looked like about half of their sussex/orpington crosses ended up with significant black on them. I had been curious where it came from.

 

[Henk69]

???

The white rooster is probably black based under the recessive white.

 

[chickendales]

Quote:
so is a sussex

 

[Henk69]

Quote:
so is a sussex

No, I mean solid black.

 

[tiffanya]

Thanks for helping this all make a bit of sense. It wasn't something I had though much about until I ended of with three broodies in the last three weeks. My roo is sussex so I'll jus wait and see what I end up with, but won't be surprised with several black chicks. He/she was cute either way.