Color genetics thread.

[The Moonshiner]

I meant that the barring would get more defined. Not more barred feathers :/

If the barred hen isn't its mother then how are some of its feathers barred? It's only barred if the barring is all over?

I was thinking he would be colored somewhat like a Delaware chicken

Barring doesnt change. They feather in barred and it doesnt change.
The chick youre showing is not barred. That isnt barring.
The rooster is barred. The chick will not look like the rooster.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Unless the chick is black, the white spot indicating barring is not always visible at hatch.

I was just agreeing with them about a barred hen producing a sex link with the head spot.
She says that chick didnt have one. I would of guessed that chick would of been born with a completely white head.
Headspots show up on more colors then not. A lot more then just black.
Of course not on white or other lighter colors like splash or wheaton. But it shows on wild type, partridge, blue, red, buff, lavender, etc.

 

[Violetsfeathers]

I was just agreeing with them about a barred hen producing a sex link with the head spot.
She says that chick didnt have one. I would of guessed that chick would of been born with a completely white head.
Headspots show up on more colors then not. A lot more then just black.
Of course not on white or other lighter colors like splash or wheaton. But it shows on wild type, partridge, blue, red, buff, lavender, etc.

Oh the chick had a white face

He's the one on the left.

So you are saying he is not barred. And he will not look like the Delaware rooster. But the Delaware rooster is barred?

 

[skgray]

Oh the chick had a white face

He's the one on the left.

So you are saying he is not barred. And he will not look like the Delaware rooster. But the Delaware rooster is barred?

Now seeing the close-up pic I agree with Moonshiner, it doesn't look like that chick is Barred. And yes the Delaware rooster is Barred.

 

[BrittanysChicks]

Genetics thread sounds interesting.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Oh the chick had a white face


He's the one on the left.

So you are saying he is not barred. And he will not look like the Delaware rooster. But the Delaware rooster is barred?

If the dad is barred ALL chicks will be barred.

I was just agreeing with them about a barred hen producing a sex link with the head spot.
She says that chick didnt have one. I would of guessed that chick would of been born with a completely white head.
Headspots show up on more colors then not. A lot more then just black.
Of course not on white or other lighter colors like splash or wheaton. But it shows on wild type, partridge, blue, red, buff, lavender, etc.

Yeah, that's true. But it isn't always noticeable, especially if you aren't looking for it.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Is the chick blue or black?
Im only on a phone so hard to tell with such a small pic to look at.

Are your brahmas pure bred?
I would agree that one of the brahmas is one of the parents.
Buff brahmas are gold based. Agreed that the chick looks silver based but either way it has to be silver split to gold.
If the brahma is the dad and a silver based hen is mom then it would get silver from mom and fold from dad. If the dad is silver and the brahma is the mom he would get silver from dad and gold from mom. So either way he gets one silver and one gold and its not going to narrow down which brahma is involved.
If the chick is blue im gonna say the dad is your blue cochin. If the chick is black then back to who knows.
Your dealing with too many unknowns to get a good picture. Its kinds like trying to put together a puzzle with pieces missing and without the picture of what it looks like when complete.
Sure you can try to put it together piece by piece and some pieces are going to be easy to see what they are but a lot of the other pieces are going to not make sense and be hard to figure out just where they fit in. And if you do get all the pieces you have together you may still be missing enough to not be able to tell what it is.
Seems I remember from other posts that your cochins are mixed colors. There could be so much going on under whats showing that you may never figure this out.
When your breeding crossed chickens or cross colored chickens more often then not the offspring end up completely different then how the parents look.
When you bring in so many unknowns then it just continues with more and more unknowns.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Ok, I LUV Genetics.
But I'm bad at them.

I'm wanting to try to make a Silver Paced Austrolorp or Sumatra:
Barred Rock Rooster,
Bred to a Black Austrolorp, Black Sumatra OR a Silver Laced Wyandotte Hen.
My questions:
I'm not sure if this is possible.I want the bird to have Yellow legs, Black nails.Is that even genetically possible?
Alright, lets talk Comb.Austrolorp I have no problem with.Sumatra and Wyandotte I do.
How is it going to throw of the comb By breeding a Single Comb to a Pea Comb/Rose comb?

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

If the dad is barred ALL chicks will be barred.

Yeah, that's true. But it isn't always noticeable, especially if you aren't looking for it.

I should add to my first statement, that is only the case in a purebred rooster. I mean that in your case with a Delaware roo, all chicks will be barred.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Ok, I LUV Genetics.
But I'm bad at them.

I'm wanting to try to make a Silver Paced Austrolorp or Sumatra:
Barred Rock Rooster,
Bred to a Black Austrolorp, Black Sumatra OR a Silver Laced Wyandotte Hen.
My questions:
I'm not sure if this is possible.I want the bird to have Yellow legs, Black nails.Is that even genetically possible?
Alright, lets talk Comb.Austrolorp I have no problem with.Sumatra and Wyandotte I do.
How is it going to throw of the comb By breeding a Single Comb to a Pea Comb/Rose comb?

You're not going to get yellow legged, black nailed bird.

Single comb is recessive - pprr. When you breed to a bird pure for pea comb you get all pea combs (a chicken pure for pea combs is PPrr). Pure for rose is ppRR. So if you breed a single combed chicken to a pure pea, you will get pea combs. To a pure rose combed chicken all rose.