Color genetics thread.

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So with a BLRW (which would be considered "blue") and if hen is considered black then I should get--- 50% blacks chicks and 50% Blue chicks. Males and females in both. And all lacing disappears -they just become solid? Which would be cool. Would love blue Wyandottes!

And with BLRW Splash 100% Blue chicks solid. Again all lacing disappears!!! Which again I would love blue!

Interesting!

 

[moving coops]

Awesome so I will know which are my Wyandotte crosses them. Love that!

 

[junebuggena]

Yes, lacing will likely disappear. Some birds may have some gold/red leakage or patterning, but can't really say for sure because that recessive white and extended black can hide quite a lot.

 

[Chicken5555]

@moving coops
Junebuggena brings up a good point about extended black hiding genes. I have one hen that has only one copy of extended black but I didn't know it until I bred her to a non black rooster. Check out it's color.

 

[moving coops]

What was the hen and what was the rooster? Not sure I understand restive black gene?

 

[moving coops]

So with my barred rock Roo over Maran hens, will the feathered legs be dominant and they will have feathered legs? I know I will know which ones they are in the hatcher as dark eggs but wondering by sight as they grow as leg bands get lost... Lol

 

[moving coops]

I am not totally familiar with how this forum works yet! But I had made a post about my Lavendar Orps. But don't want to take up more space here on them! Anyway you can check that post for me! I got a really neat reply from one lady that makes some nice colors and unlike the wyandottes here seems there is sex linked colors there! I like the colors that come but not sure I should go with it because the more I read o. Lavendar carrier genes even in new colors seems, they have a gene defect of feathers stopping short or getting stringy looking!

 

[junebuggena]

What was the hen and what was the rooster? Not sure I understand restive black gene?

The hen was not recessive black, no such thing. But extended black is very dominant and only requires one copy to produce an entirely black bird. You can never be certain of what else is lurking under that black (or white) coloring.

 

[junebuggena]

So with my barred rock Roo over Maran hens, will the feathered legs be dominant and they will have feathered legs? I know I will know which ones they are in the hatcher as dark eggs but wondering by sight as they grow as leg bands get lost... Lol

Feathered legs should be dominant.

 

[Chicken5555]

So with my barred rock Roo over Maran hens, will the feathered legs be dominant and they will have feathered legs? I know I will know which ones they are in the hatcher as dark eggs but wondering by sight as they grow as leg bands get lost... Lol

Most will have some level of feathering. One of my Marans crosses has very, very light feathering. One has a line of feathers down the legs, and one looks like it is wearing bell bottoms.

What was the hen and what was the rooster? Not sure I understand restive black gene?

The chicks' mom is splash color (black with 2 copies of blue = splash)
The chick's dad is wheaten color (my avatar picture)

extended black behaves like a jacket. You have no idea what color is under it.