Chocolate

[Poultrybonkers]

how did chocolates come to be I mean like what color did they originally start with to get it? to me rir are chocolate ish feathering same with other breeds I just don't get how it started the feathering must of started with a brown feathers right?

 

[PirateGirl]

https://www.hobbypoultry.com/chocolate-color-genes/
https://briarwoodpoultry.weebly.com/poultry-colour-genetic-info.html

 

[nicalandia]

how did chocolates come to be I mean like what color did they originally start with to get it?

Credit where credit is due:

The choc gene responsible for the chocolate colour was discovered by the late and very much missed Dr. Clive Carefoot around 1993-1994. It is a rare Sex-Linked Recessive gene that is basically a dilution of black pigment. This means that out of a pair of genes, the female will be chocolate with just one copy of the gene but the male requires two copies of the choc gene to look chocolate. This also means that black males can look black, but can be carrying one copy of the chocolate gene which can be passed to his prodgeny.

 

[nicalandia]

how did chocolates come to be I mean like what color did they originally start with to get it?

Credit where credit is due:

The choc gene responsible for the chocolate colour was discovered by the late and very much missed Dr. Clive Carefoot around 1993-1994. It is a rare Sex-Linked Recessive gene that is basically a dilution of black pigment. This means that out of a pair of genes, the female will be chocolate with just one copy of the gene but the male requires two copies of the choc gene to look chocolate. This also means that black males can look black, but can be carrying one copy of the chocolate gene which can be passed to his prodgeny.