d'Uccle color genetics

[SilkiesForEver]

On another note, some of my d'uccle chicks I thought would be goldnecks are coming out with YELLOW feathers and bright black markings. This could be it! My search for Citron might have arrived!!!!

How did they turn out??

 

[Lorilyn Farms]

They are still coming in with the palest of buff. Could be yellow, I'm not sure. Mt others are coming in with mahogany or buff, but two still have that pale color.

On another note, I just bought two seramas with dilute genes to help me create the lemon mille fleur and the chocolate mille fleur. this will probably be at least a year of breeding, then another year to set in color and type back to d'uccles, but I'm excited!

These are my two project birds





Put those crosses into the chicken calculator and I get a crapload of good, usable color. I see at least two dilute genes here, dun and chocolate, with a possible third of silver.

Everyone pray for coffeekittie's waylaid new rooster. The post office is sending him all over the place except for her's. Finger's crossed he's alright in the shipping and mishandling of him.

 

[coffeekittie]

Lynn, the little cockerel is now in Seattle!!!! Your well-wishes are so appreciated....

He should be here at his new home later today!

 

[SilkiesForEver]

YAY!!

He is gorgeous!!

 

[SilkiesForEver]

Is he a buff crele?

 

[coffeekittie]

Supposed to be a Lemon Bantam Cochin. His dad is darker red, and I saw some pics of his siblings, which ran the gamut from red to a true, light lemon yellow. I'll take some pictures tomorrow if I can, and post them. He's a real sweetheart, and is spending the night inside with me. So calm and gentle! Will be a good cross with my d'Uccles for personality, for sure!

 

[Zonoma]

On another note, some of my d'uccle chicks I thought would be goldnecks are coming out with YELLOW feathers and bright black markings. This could be it! My search for Citron might have arrived!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! (I'm a little jealous)

 

[lulu313]

What will I get if I breed a porcelian hen and a mille rooster together

 

[PsycoPeep]

Hello! Reading thru some of these posts is very very confusing. If I were to breed my porcelean d'uccle to a mille, what are the color possibilities? (in layman's terms please, I don't understand any of the other conversations. Please just state possible colors w/o genetics talk)

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Hello! Reading thru some of these posts is very very confusing. If I were to breed my porcelean d'uccle to a mille, what are the color possibilities? (in layman's terms please, I don't understand any of the other conversations. Please just state possible colors w/o genetics talk)

From the first cross you would get all mille fleurs split to lav. Visually it will be mille fleur. The only difference between porcelain and mille fleur is that porcelain has two copies of the lavender gene (one inherited from each parent). If you take all these offspring and breed them to a porcelain, they will all inherit lav from the porcelain parent. From the mille fleur split to lav parent, about half will inherit lav and about half will inherit Lav+ (think of it as not-lavender). Those who inherit lav from that parent will be porcelain. The remainder will be mille fleur split to lav.