breed of baby chick

[Funny Farm7]

i have a couple roosters, barred rock, and a silkie, mating with a rhode island red hen. does the father determine what breed the baby will be or will they just be mixed. some chicks have the 5 toe/hairy leg-silkie thing and others dont. thanks for ur help!

 

[Ridgerunner]

I think I figured out what you are asking. One sperm from one of the roosters will fertilize the egg. The resulting chick will come from the genetics of that one sperm and one ova. One chick will not have genes from both roosters.

However, one rooster could father one chick and the other rooster could father a different chick from eggs laid by the same hen.

 

[Funny Farm7]

yes i know that. im asking that since the mom and dad are different breeds, will they just be mixed? or does the father determine what breed baby is? like if silkie mates her, will it be silkie baby?

 

[Ridgerunner]

The genetics will be mixed. The chick will be a mix, not any pure breed.

Except in the case of certain sex linked traits, it does not generally matter whether the gene comes from the father or the mother. Chicken genetics can get a bit complicated with partion dominance and incomplete dominance, but the dominant gene will control what a mixed chick will look like, whether it came from the father or the mother.

 

[donrae]

Your babies are mixed breed, part rir part silkie/br/whatever.

 

[Funny Farm7]

thanks for the help