Creating Experimental Black Crele Chickens (Different Genetics, new variety)

[MysteryChicken]

No... the rooster's and the hen's parents. Which was the orpington and which was the BR?

Your question confused me for a minute. The father's and the mother's parents was a Buff Orpington over a Barred Rock hen. We don't have the parents anymore.

 

[The Moonshiner]

No... the rooster's and the hen's parents. Which was the orpington and which was the BR?

The hen clearly carries gold and isn't barred so the BO had to be her father and BR her mother.
Either way the rooster would be single factor barred and be gold/silver so his parents don't matter much.

 

[MysteryChicken]

So how do you know buff is its genetics?
The chick is a pullet isn't it?

The chick is a pullet. The silver gene is more dominant then the gold gene, so the buff won't show. Does that make more sense to you now?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Gold/silver is sex linked so a pullet/hen only gets one gene for it.
They have to be either silver or gold not both.
They only get their gene from their father and only pass it to their sons.
The rooster does indeed carry one silver and one gold gene so his pullet offspring can be either silver or gold.
Your chick can not/is not silver hiding gold but her father is.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Gold/silver is sex linked so a pullet/hen only gets one gene for it.
They have to be either silver or gold not both.
They only get their gene from their father and only pass it to their sons.
The rooster does indeed carry one silver and one gold gene so his pullet offspring can be either silver or gold.
Your chick can not/is not silver hiding gold but her father is.

Is it possible for this pullet to be double Barred?

 

[The Moonshiner]

No.
Barring is also sex linked so a pullet/hen only gets one gene. Either they are barred or they're not.
They can't be double factored barred only single factored.

 

[MysteryChicken]

No.
Barring is also sex linked so a pullet/hen only gets one gene. Either they are barred or they're not.
They can't be double factored barred only single factored.

So, why does the chick have two rows white stripes on the black feathers?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

So, why does the chick have two rows white stripes on the black feathers?

I can tell looking at it that this chic only carries a single barring gene. The way you can tell is the wide black. If it had a double barring gene, it would have a wide white/gray bar. That's why male BRs appear lighter and the females darker.

eta: it has nothing to do with how many rows are on each feather. To be barred they have to have more than one row.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Enhancement just in case you don't see it.

Original.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Um because that's what barring is.
Barring turns off the coloring in bars. You get a section of color then a section of no color then color then no color etc etc.
When a rooster is double factored it turns off color longer so you end up with more non colored sections then colored. That's why female barred rocks look darker then male barred rocks. The hens retain more black while the rooster gets more non color appearing overall lighter.
Other things can effect the barring effect such as fast feathering vs slow feathering. Also so just have sloppy barring so breeders can breed towards better barring.