Crossing Dark Brahma Roo x Buff Hen

[MissTracy]

Good morning!
I found some discussions on the subject but not 100% sure what is what.
I have a dark brahma roo in with a dark hen and a buff hen. Getting ready to hatch some chickies after today, just wondering about colors?
I read that you could get sex-linked, or just muddled dark from the buff. Not sure which is correct ?

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I think you'd get a mix. Here's an old thread with a picture of a mix at the bottom of the thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/buff-brahma-crossed-with-dark-brahma-genetics.402873/

Here's another discussion that seems to indicate a blend of colors will occur: https://www.homesteadingtoday.com/threads/interbreeding-brahma-colors.325538/

I once bred a white rooster (mutt) to a buff brahma and got a barred hen! I went deep into the rabbit hole of genetics to learn there is a barring gene expressed as white, but when looked under a microscope, white on white barring can be seen, so that must have been the case from my rooster. It's incredible what genetics will give you!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Your Brahma is actually a blue silver/gold split partridge. He has blue and isn’t pure for silver, so he isn’t a dark. Dark is silver partridge.

 

[douglasbirds]

I am interested in what the results will be. The rooster is a beauty!

 

[MissTracy]

Your Brahma is actually a blue silver/gold split partridge. He has blue and isn’t pure for silver, so he isn’t a dark. Dark is silver partridge.

That is lots of words. So basically gonna breed mutts? Or maybe just lots of random pretty colors? Lol.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

That is lots of words. So basically gonna breed mutts? Or maybe just lots of random pretty colors? Lol.

Basically, your rooster is a “blue dark” but he also has the gold gene, so he isn’t pure for his coloring.

Dark = black silver partridge
Your rooster = blue silver/gold partridge

The pattern of the offspring will be the same, but you’ll get more different colors- like birds with gold or blue.

 

[MissTracy]

Oh okay cool. Thank you for explaining! I will post chick pics when they hatch!!

 

[MissTracy]

 

[douglasbirds]

What are these chicks looking like now?

 

[MissTracy]

What are these chicks looking like now?

Sorry for the delay! I have them in with my Serama and easter egger chicks, but you can tell they are differently colored, two almost pure black, one grayish, one buff/columbian looking, and ALL heavily bell-bottomed love it.
Any ideas on hens/roos? I am starting to be afraid of Fernando their dad. He hates my shoes.