Chocolate Gene

[Chickensrock10110]

What breed of LF chicken has the chocolate gene in them?

Do ameraucanas have them ? Do those larger layer breeds have them?

If so,what breed has them?

Thanks!

 

[robbdebbie]

None in America. The only bird that has the true chocolate gene and not dun is Seramas.

 

[Krys109uk]

In US there are some seramas with choc. In UK Orpintons & wyandottes.

 

[smoothmule]

Does anyone have a picture of chocolate color on a chicken?
Is there an area where they discuss color genetics here?

 

[DANNY]

There are chocolate old english and dutch and i am working on cochins.

 

[Chickensrock10110]

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Wow! none in America? Thats ashame!

I really like the rich chocolate coloring that I've seen in a few LF breeds.I have no idea though what breed they were.(Seen them in pictures but dont know where)

 

[Chickensrock10110]

Seramas are great but I like how chocolate looks on a fuller,rounder and LF bird.

 

[Chickensrock10110]

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Where did you get the chocolate coloring from?

 

[blackdotte]

There are two colours known by the hobby name of Chocolate.
Sex linked recessive Chocolate is only found in Orpingtons & Wyandottes in the UK, and in Seramas.
Being sex linked recessive a hen only has one gene, i.e. choc/- and is Chocolate, males need two i.e. choc/choc to be Chocolate, heterozygous males i.e. choc/Choc+ are Black.

The Chocolate found in Polish(Poland),OEG & Dutch bantams is heterozygous Dun, an allele of Dominant White.
Birds,both sexes, that are heterozygous i.e. I^D/i+ are the darker shades of brown ,Chocolate. Homozygous birds I^D/I^D are shades ranging from a pale brown ,Khaki to a Dun Splash. The inheritance of Dun is the same as that of Blue,Bl.
David

 

[Henk69]

Those dun dutch: do you refer to my dutch bantams (over here in Holland) or are there more dun dutch were you guys are?