Chocolate projects?

[nicalandia]

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it means that the choc gene(recessive) is on the sex chromozone Z, roos being Homogametic(having two copies of the Z chromozome, Makes them ZZ) and Hens being Hemizygous for choc(since they have only one copy of choc or one copy of none choc gene Choc+)

so say that you were to get your hands on a chocolate rooster but only have black hens...

if you make the cross all of the resulting hens that hatch are going to be chocolate as they inherit their father Z chromozome(choc being there)
but the boys will be black as they inherit their mother's Z chromosome and their father's Z chromozome that makes them Choc+/choc and since none Choc gene Choc+(capital letter means Dominant and the "+" sign is for wildtype as its found on RedJungle fowl)...

I hope that cleared some of your questions...

 

[nicalandia]

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lovely.. I like how choc and golden color looks good in one bird..

 

[sjarvis00]

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Dun based Chocolate Polish
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j437/nicalandia/DunChoc.jpg

Please explain what you meant by the sex-linked choc birds? Those are chocolate wyandottes.

Colby,
There is a difference in the two versions of Chocolate as known here in the US. Many, most actually, are dun based and act as a dilution of black creating a few different colors like blue does, then you have a true chocolate which is the recessive sex linked chocolate that breeds true to color. See below:

Dun based Choc.
Choc x Choc. = Khaki (splash version), Chocolate, and Black
Choc x khaki = Khaki, Chocolate
khaki x Black = chocolate
Black x Choc = Black, Chocolate

Sex Linked Chocolate there are no splash versions, no black versions they produce only chocolate unless crossed with another variety.

So if you wanted to introduce the color say to Wyandotte, you would use a sex-linked Chocolate male lets say Orpington, breed it to Black Wyandotte hens. all the F1 females will be sexlinked chocolate, teh males will be dinner. Breed the F1 Hens to a Balck Wyandotte rooster, discard the pullets they are all black, keep a cockrell Place the cockrell back over the F1 hens keep a Chocolate cockrell with proper type. Breed him to Black Wyandotte hens (to re-inforce type) keep the pullets, and 1 or two cockrells. continue to breed for type.

 

[chrisf]

Two of my Ohiki.............................................................................chrisf

 

[chrisf]

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[chrisf]

and last, my chocolate(dun) gold Ohiki............................................................chrisf

 

[smoothmule]

Updates of some of my chocolate Serama'

?? not sure this one is chocolate. I have a harder time with the patterned chocolates.

Cocopuff

this one looks blue sometimes, then chocolate then blue then chocolate.....

 

[Henk69]

I just wanted to say that khaki should not be called a "splash" variety of dun.
It is not a flecky color. But like splash is the double dose form of andalusian blue, khaki is the double dose of dun.

 

[smoothmule]

I offered hatching eggs (Serama) to benefit the Cajun Classic 2012 and there will be a lot of eggs from my chocolates there. There's just a few hours left to bid and I increased the number offered to 24+.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=606010

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Hello guys. just wanted to say nice work, all of you! i'm definitly no professional judge, but they are pretty! I am wondering, is the nice deep reddish brown what "chocolate" color is? (like smoothmule's serama) I would love to have a bird that reddish brown dark chocolate color, and have it lay a chocolate egg..... anyone going in that direction???