Color help

[CountrifiedCoturnix]

I hatched italian eggs, but some of the chicks are golden/brown striped and others are yellow/black striped. Just curious if all italians are like thus and if not, what did I hatch?

 

[Nabiki]

Pictures would help.

 

[vall]

Yes - if both parents are Italian, they only have one copy of the gene, so offspring will be roughly 50% Italian, 25% golden manchurian, and 25% brown.

https://www.southwestgamebirds.com/genetics/

 

[CountrifiedCoturnix]

Yes - if both parents are Italian, they only have one copy of the gene, so offspring will be roughly 50% Italian, 25% golden manchurian, and 25% brown.

https://www.southwestgamebirds.com/genetics/

Yay! Okay cool, this is going to be kind of fun then because not all the chicks look alike. Cool!