Chocolate Rooster to a chocolate mottled hen

[djbonz97]

what would you get if you put a Chocolate Rooster to a chocolate mottled hen,
Would they be split to mottled but all chocolate? Then if paired up again what percent would be mottled on the next hatch?

 

[Amer]

Chocolate offspring.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Chocolate offspring.

I agree. x2

 

[NatJ]

what would be the you get if you put a Chocolate Rooster to a chocolate mottled hen

Chocolate chicks who carry the mottling gene but do not show it (although they may have a few bits of white in their feathers, they will not be properly mottled.)

When those chicks grow up, if they are bred back to the chocolate mottled parent, or to each other, you would get some chocolate mottled and some chocolate without mottling.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

You should get 100% chocolate with the chicks being recessive mottled

 

[brittanivff]

Chocolate chicks who carry the mottling gene but do not show it (although they may have a few bits of white in their feathers, they will not be properly mottled.)

When those chicks grow up, if they are bred back to the chocolate mottled parent, or to each other, you would get some chocolate mottled and some chocolate without mottling.

What about chocolate roo with chocolate split to mottled hen ? Just hatched first baby from this pairing and it’s looking chocolate mottled . Wondering if there will be some of each or can they be sexed?

 

[NatJ]

What about chocolate roo with chocolate split to mottled hen ?

Chocolate rooster with chocolate hen should give just chocolate chicks.

Solid rooster with a hen split to mottling, should mean that no chicks show mottling but about half of them carry the mottling gene.

So about half of chicks will be chocolate with no mottling gene, and the other half will be chocolate and carry the mottling gene (split to mottled.)

Just hatched first baby from this pairing and it’s looking chocolate mottled . Wondering if there will be some of each or can they be sexed?

The chocolate is no surprise, but I would not expect any chick to show mottling unless both parents have the mottling gene. So if each parent carries mottling, the chick could inherit it from both of them, and then the chick could show mottling.

Given that the chick just hatched, I think it will take quite a while to be completely sure, but it might have down that looks like the down of a mottled chick, without actually showing mottling in the feathers when it matures. Chick down can be confusing, and I don't know all that much about what affects it.

Maybe you can take pictures of the chick now, then at intervals as it grows. That will not help predict what color THIS chick is, but might help you and other people learn more, to make more accurate predictions in the future. (Besides, I like to look at pictures of chickens. So I'd encourage pictures even if the only reason was "so I can see the cute chick.")

 

[brittanivff]

Chocolate rooster with chocolate hen should give just chocolate chicks.

Solid rooster with a hen split to mottling, should mean that no chicks show mottling but about half of them carry the mottling gene.

So about half of chicks will be chocolate with no mottling gene, and the other half will be chocolate and carry the mottling gene (split to mottled.)


The chocolate is no surprise, but I would not expect any chick to show mottling unless both parents have the mottling gene. So if each parent carries mottling, the chick could inherit it from both of them, and then the chick could show mottling.

Given that the chick just hatched, I think it will take quite a while to be completely sure, but it might have down that looks like the down of a mottled chick, without actually showing mottling in the feathers when it matures. Chick down can be confusing, and I don't know all that much about what affects it.

Maybe you can take pictures of the chick now, then at intervals as it grows. That will not help predict what color THIS chick is, but might help you and other people learn more, to make more accurate predictions in the future. (Besides, I like to look at pictures of chickens. So I'd encourage pictures even if the only reason was "so I can see the cute chick.")

 

[brittanivff]

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First pic of one from my pairing , second is a chocolate mottled that I hatched from shipped eggs . I can’t tell them apart!

 

[NatJ]

First pic of one from my pairing , second is a chocolate mottled that I hatched from shipped eggs . I can’t tell them apart!

I see what you mean about them looking alike! It will be interesting to see how they develop as they grow.