Color of project bird

[Celtic Hill]

Okay color people, What's going on with the coloring of this bird? She's a project (Silkie/cochin/cross)

 

[pastorwalt]

Others on the forum are more expert but I'll guess.
on the surface it looks like black patterned gold -necked/birchen E^R/e+?
but I'd guess it's Extended black with gold leaking through
What color was the Cochin?

 

[nicalandia]

Others on the forum are more expert but I'll guess.
on the surface it looks like black patterned gold -necked/birchen E^R/e+?
but I'd guess it's Extended black with gold leaking through
What color was the Cochin?

that was about as a good guess as it will get.. heterozygous Birchen

 

[Celtic Hill]

I do not remember what the breeder told me, I should have wrote it down! And I don't know what color the parents are. Is it safe to say if she's bred to a golden rooster, she'd produce something golden?

 

[Pele]

Hrm, hybrids can be really unpredictable when it comes to their offspring.

When you say 'golden' do you mean buff? According to the chicken calculator, you'd end up with 50% fawn/dun patterned buffs, and 50% black patterned buff (black on top, buff on bottom).

 

[Celtic Hill]

Sorry, I mean golden duckwing

 

[pastorwalt]

well. I'm still not an expert, maybe nicalandia will chime in again.
but...golden usually means a heterozygous s+/S on male chromosomes
(half gold - half silver), rather than buff, when talking genetics
it can't happen in hens because they only have one Z and one W
If we are right and she's s+ you'd want silver to produce golden roos
as for duckwing... maybe she's half e+
maybe some of her chicks would express e+ rather than E^R
Maybe there are genes hiding out waiting to surprise you
cross breeds are a crapshoot but some of the surprises are good ones
play around with the chicken calculator
http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html
fun and educational and quicker than waiting for the next generation
Walt

 

[tadkerson]

Okay color people, What's going on with the coloring of this bird? She's a project (Silkie/cochin/cross)

What variety was the cochin and silkie? Which one was the father?

Tim

 

[chrisf]

this was her father Ian, he is a gold mottled duckwing Ohiki.................................................................................chrisf