Chocolate Mottled Satin Silkie Breeding

[Chocolate Silkie Queen]

I have a sweet Chocolate Mottled Satin Silkie rooster that has bred a lot of my females mainly my cinnamon queens. These are old pictures so ignore how bad my cinnamon queen looks we basically rescued her from being wayyyyyy overcrowded! I don’t have pictures of all the ladies as I’ve deleted most of my pictures and need to get new ones. Anyways I do have lots of questions on how chocolate works while I wait for the chicks to finish cooking!

First question-
Would the chocolate make the red in the cinnamon queens darker? The hen pictured is my lightest Cinnamon Queen I do have one that’s the Rhode Island Red color and I’m wanting it to be that/possibly darker if possible.

Second question-
I do have buff silkie hens. What would the chocolate do with a buff breeding?

Third question-
Would the chocolate bred to a black hen produce chocolate females and black males?

Forth question-
Chocolate is a sex link gene is it the case if bred to any color or just black?

Fifth question-
I do have Partridge hens what would I expect if they’re crossed to a chocolate rooster?

Sixth question-
Chocolate rooster bred to a BBR Phoenix hen produce BBR chicks or how would the chocolate work with that cross?

Here are some of the chicken pairings

My chocolate Mottled Satin Silkie

One of my Cinnamon Queens old picture when she was finally growing her feathers back

Not sure if this one is a buff or not she looks more partridge compared to my other buff hen and looks more buff compared to my partridge hen. Hate her comb but she’s my only one with a very blue face that I’m hoping her chicks will inherit!

These are two of my BBR Phoenix hens.Sorry about the horrible picture it’s a screenshot off of a video!

The goal is to put more Mottled in my flock which I know these chicks won’t show but will be carriers so they’ll be bred back to the dad just curious how the chicks will possibly look!

 

[Chocolate Silkie Queen]

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[Slothinc]

I wish I knew the answers to your questions! Maybe @Amer or @NatJ or @MysteryChicken can help.

It is my understanding that chocolate is a sex linked version of black (with mauve being the chocolate version of blue and khaki being the chocolate version of splash?) So I would assume that it would act as black when bred to other colored birds. But with a male, breeding him to any non chocolate female, you should get sex linked chocolate females… but I don’t know how that works with other colors like buff. Hopefully someone else will know!

 

[MysteryChicken]

I wish I knew the answers to your questions! Maybe @Amer or @NatJ or @MysteryChicken can help.

It is my understanding that chocolate is a sex linked version of black (with mauve being the chocolate version of blue and khaki being the chocolate version of splash?) So I would assume that it would act as black when bred to other colored birds. But with a male, breeding him to any non chocolate female, you should get sex linked chocolate females… but I don’t know how that works with other colors like buff. Hopefully someone else will know!

Sex Linked Chocolate is still something I need to learn more about. But I have alittle experience with Dun(Fake Chocolate) as I have the Dun color.

 

[Chocolate Silkie Queen]

I’ll definitely keep everyone updated when the chick hatch!

 

[Amer]

Would the chocolate make the red in the cinnamon queens darker? The hen pictured is my lightest Cinnamon Queen I do have one that’s the Rhode Island Red color and I’m wanting it to be that/possibly darker if possible.
Chocolate is a dilution but it dilutes black, not red. It would either make the red slightly lighter or make no difference whatsoever.

Second question-
I do have buff silkie hens. What would the chocolate do with a buff breeding?
You'd get black males with buff leakage in the front, like a buff that got the back half dipped in black paint.
And same with the females but the black areas would be chocolate.

Third question-
Would the chocolate bred to a black hen produce chocolate females and black males?
Yes.

Forth question-
Chocolate is a sex link gene is it the case if bred to any color or just black?
Yes
Although dilutions like white can make it less visible it's still there.

Fifth question-
I do have Partridge hens what would I expect if they’re crossed to a chocolate rooster?
Black males with some leakage, chocolate females

Sixth question-
Chocolate rooster bred to a BBR Phoenix hen produce BBR chicks or how would the chocolate work with that cross?
Black males with some leakage, chocolate females.

 

[NatJ]

I wish I knew the answers to your questions! Maybe @Amer or @NatJ or @MysteryChicken can help.

@Amer answered before I saw this. I don't have anything to add.

 

[Chocolate Silkie Queen]

So all my Cinnamon Queens eggs have hatched minus one! Very interesting mix I’d say!

These just hatched so waiting for them to be fluffy before I pull them out and get better pictures. The whit actually has a black spot on its back end!

This one was hatched yesterday

This one also hatched yesterday and is the first one to make an appearance!

 

[Chocolate Silkie Queen]

All chicks have hatched!! And I say I shouldn’t be shocked but I definitely am with the white one!

Swear this one is already mean was a day old pecking everyone!

Super sweet and I love the white markings. Was told the white on its wing won’t be there when feathering out but I see some feather growth and it’s white!

This one was not expected at all! It looks solid white but has some black markings even has a little red on the shoulder but it’s hard to see in pictures

This one is also mean but look at that pose!

This one is a sweet little thing! Had a rough start but is doing great now!! I have a feeling this is my only girl!

 

[NatJ]

Super sweet and I love the white markings. Was told the white on its wing won’t be there when feathering out but I see some feather growth and it’s white!

It is pretty common for black chickens to hatch out with some white in the wing like that, and grow a few white feathers when they are young, but have entirely black feathers by the time they are adults.

This would be equally likely for any color that is a dilution or modification of black, such as chocolate or blue or lavender.