Color genetics thread.

[hEEather]

Can you tell me by pictures of a pair what color the offspring would be or do you need more info..like the pairs parents breed and color too?

 

[morbius18]

I had this situation happen a few months ago and posted here. My rooster is a Golden Cuckoo marans, I had 3 easter egger hens (then) and ended up with a white chick. It was suggested the hen was a dominant white. I sold her as I'm breeding golden cuckoo olive eggers. Now I have the rooster and 2 hens that are pictures. I ended up with another white. It's not on the rooster side. As when breeding him with other golden cuckoos and buff orpingtons this hasn't popped up. My other roosters are in separate breeding pens, so no unauthorized breeding.

Mystery chick:

Rooster :

Hens:

The chick doesn't appear to have a beard and muffs, and the buff colored hen is clean faced, if that helps.

 

[jerryse]

I had this situation happen a few months ago and posted here. My rooster is a Golden Cuckoo marans, I had 3 easter egger hens (then) and ended up with a white chick. It was suggested the hen was a dominant white. I sold her as I'm breeding golden cuckoo olive eggers. Now I have the rooster and 2 hens that are pictures. I ended up with another white. It's not on the rooster side. As when breeding him with other golden cuckoos and buff orpingtons this hasn't popped up. My other roosters are in separate breeding pens, so no unauthorized breeding.

Mystery chick:



Rooster :


Hens:



The chick doesn't appear to have a beard and muffs, and the buff colored hen is clean faced, if that helps.

My guess is both parents carry recessive white . Dominant white shows white even with 1 copy . I see no white in the pictures .

 

[morbius18]

My guess is both parents carry recessive white . Dominant white shows white even with 1 copy . I see no white in the pictures .

This photo shows the previous hen with the other 2. It was a good assumption she threw the white chicks.

This is of the cuckoos with 1 white one from the previous hen (at least I thought).

 

[jerryse]

This photo shows the previous hen with the other 2. It was a good assumption she threw the white chicks.



This is of the cuckoos with 1 white one from the previous hen (at least I thought).

 

[Kev]

Can you tell me by pictures of a pair what color the offspring would be or do you need more info..like the pairs parents breed and color too?

This is one of those grey areas but until you hatch chicks, probably expect mostly or even all black chicks with many/most eventually showing some color on their necks, backs and breasts. There may be a chance of a few probable partridge chicks if the hen is not pure for black.

 

[hEEather]

This is one of those grey areas but until you hatch chicks, probably expect mostly or even all black chicks with many/most eventually showing some color on their necks, backs and breasts.  There may be a chance of a few probable partridge chicks if the hen is not pure for black.

Thanks. Not all black. She had a half RIR( mixed with idr)parent half something else and idk about the other parent. I am in love with their colors!

 

[Kev]

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[morbius18]

The older chick pictured isn't pure white either. They do have black colored random spots.

 

[jerryse]

The older chick pictured isn't pure white either. They do have black colored random spots.

That looks like dominant white .