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

[HuffleClaw]

The one with the mostly white crest is the one I KNOW is white x blue... the one with the dark crest, I guess I’ll assume she’s white x blue too.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Why do I appear to be tagged in this thread?

I've been trying to get contact with you, & you're helpful. I can remove you if you want?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Uh, what? Recessive white does not "leak" into certain parts of a colored bird. If a bird has 2 copies of recessive white then it is white. If is has just one then it remains hidden.

As for silkies, if they all carry recessive white then 25% of the offspring from every breeding would be solid white, regardless of the parents' varieties. I doubt that is the case.

I know what I'm talking about, I've done my research, and all colored Silkies have a white Silkie background. They were mixed with different colored chickens to produce colored Silkies.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The one with the mostly white crest is the one I KNOW is white x blue... the one with the dark crest, I guess I’ll assume she’s white x blue too.
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Probably.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Probably.

I'll make conversation with you, that way we'd be uninterrupted.

 

[keesmom]

I know what I'm talking about, I've done my research, and all colored Silkies have a white Silkie background. They were mixed with different colored chickens to produce colored Silkies.

So all silkie breedings will have 25% white offspring. It's simple Punnett squares.

 

[keesmom]

The one with the mostly white crest is the one I KNOW is white x blue... the one with the dark crest, I guess I’ll assume she’s white x blue too.
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They carry recessive white if one parent was white. Looks like your white is partridge based.

 

[HuffleClaw]

They carry recessive white if one parent was white. Looks like your white is partridge based.

I haven’t posted pics of my white silkie though. Those 2 were the offspring...

 

[keesmom]

Yes, and they give clues to what genes the recessive white is hiding.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Yes, and they give clues to what genes the recessive white is hiding.

Ohh! I’m so sorry.