Black copper marans rooster x black sexlink hen?

[mochicken]

I have black sexlink hens, I have a local man willing to give me a black copper marans rooster, I do not know much about genetics so I have a couple questions

Would breeding them just create black and brown chicks with the same tan eggs my BSL's lay

Also would their chicks get the gene that creates the dark egg color or would they carry the hens traits and keep the light egg color?

I love the rooster and I will probably get him, I was just curious what impact he would have genetically on my flock.

 

[Illia]

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Would breeding them just create black and brown chicks with the same tan eggs my BSL's lay ? Sort of. The eggs will be a slightly darker color, a sort of orange hue. The birds though will indeed be black with orange heads, some being almost pure black.

Also would their chicks get the gene that creates the dark egg color or would they carry the hens traits and keep the light egg color? Chicks will carry the gene for dark eggs but their eggs won't be very dark

I love the rooster and I will probably get him, I was just curious what impact he would have genetically on my flock. They'll basically look like a smaller version of a Black Copper Marans, but with speckled, orangey, or terra cotta colored eggs. Some may be a normal brown too, depending on the quality of the Marans




PS - Marans has an S at the end, plural or not.

 

[mochicken]

K fixed it lol, I spell it marans over and over and my spell check corrects it

spellcheck is not always your friend lol