Am keeping all of my polish hens in one pen (khaki, choclolate, cuckoo, gold laced, silver laced, paint, buff laced, tolbunt, blue). Can not separate by color due to lack of space, but would like a few chicks that look like their mamas. If I could only add 1 rooster, what color rooster would be the most "neutral", or least likely to influence baby colors? Same with my d'uccles (blue/black/splash mottled, lavender. porcelain, mille fleur, gold neck)? What color roo?
For Polishes: I might say blue would be most neutral, since if you breed a blue + blue=splash, black, and blue. probably not a black unless you dont want any more khaki chicks since khaki and black make 100% chocolate chicks. Although ive never bred chickens, i just got some polish of show quality stock that i hope that i will breed and show them. below is a chart from my research of genetics from polishbreedersclub.com and possibly another site which i cant remember the URL. I've also included frizzling just in case you have frizzles. Sorry i dont have info for all the colors, just the basics: Smooth with frizzle gene + Frizzle= 50% frizzle 50% smooth Smooth w/frizzle gene + smooth w/frizzle gene= small percentage frizzles Straight feathered + frizzle= Percentage frizzles, smooth feathered will have F-1 frizzle gene Pick up 1/4th frizzle genetics each generation Blue + Blue= 25% black(without gene), 50% blue(with 1 gene) and 25% splash(with 2 genes) Black + Blue= 50% black, 50% blue Black + Splash= 100% blue Blue + Splash= 50% blue, 50% splash Splash + Splash= 100% Splash Khaki + Black= 100% Chocolate Chocolate + Chocolate= Chocolate, Khaki, Black Chocolate + Black= Chocolates and Blacks Khaki + Khaki= 100% khaki Chocolate + Khaki= 50% chocolate and khaki
