Buff x Black = ?

[SterlingAcres]

I've got Buff Roos, I'd like them to cover Black Hens. What color combo will this give me? Any ideas?

 

[Henk69]

My guess is largely blackish pullets with gold/rusty necks and upperbreasts.
The cockerels might be more buffish.

This exact cross has been done before.
But buff can be build in more than one way eg with or without Db-gene.
It also has some mysterious components.
Black can also be build in more than one way eg extended black or birchen based.

 

[wilds of pa]

Shellie, the next gen after the buff over black, depends how you breed back, you got some split lav/blacks there and may end up down the road with creams of some sort depending how you breed things back to each parent line..It would be cool to see what happens..

Charlie

 

[SterlingAcres]

Quote:

You wanna help me? I'll do cremes. LOL I want unique coloring. I love it!

 

[Henk69]

You could lose track of your lavender-gene that way...

First recreate lavenders by mating split to split or buy one.
Then cross a lavender with buff.
Then mate buff/lavender split to buff/lavender split.

 

[paduanchook]

my black silkie roo and my buff hen and babies recently, they have not feathered out yet but the babies are pretty. some are a smokey colored and one is a silvery gray. cant wait to see what comes of it

 

[tileman@prodigBird Raiser]

you will get either buff with a little black in it or black with a little buff in it.

 

[ella]

Nora here is Buff Orp x Black Giant

She's the one in back on that last pic the one in front is BO x Barred Rock.

 

[SterlingAcres]

Thanks for all the help guys.