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CCCCCCCCHICKENS said:
I was taking some pics today and this girl just thinks she can't be left out of anything lol
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I'm jealous of her tail....
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Lorilyn Farms said:
SINCE D'UCCLES AREN'T SEX LINKED, i CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. i CAN SAY THAT YOUR WHITE SILKIE MAY HAVE OTHER COLOR GENES THAT THE WHITE IS COVERING UP, IF IT'S DOMINANT WHITE. tHE LITTLE TAN ONE LOOKS LIKE SHE MIGHT BE MILLIE FLUERED, BUT ONLY IF THE SILKIE IS CARRYING A SPOTTED GENE.
THE GRAY WITH BLACK IS A MYSTERY, AS USUALLY GRAY COVERS UP BLACK. tHE ONLY WAY TO GET GRAY AND BLACK ON AN ADULT BIRD IS IF THEY ARE CARRYING DOM WHITE THAT LEAVES "HOLES", OR TWO COPIES OF BLUE THAT CAN LEAVE SOME HOLES AS WELL. i HAVE LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO CORRECT ME, FEEL FREE. THE LEGS ARE KINDA SHORT FOR D'UCCLES. i WANT TO SAY THOSE ARE STUBBY COCHIN LEGS...
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Thanks for trying. I guess I can just wait and see what happens. Someone else said the white in the silkie may be covering up silver to.

I have no idea of the genetics of the parents. One day I will figure it out and then I will know.
 
tommysgirl said:
I have a genetics mystery on my hands and am hoping you nice people can help me out. My aunt has a pen with these guys in it: Close up of the mamas I have never had bantams but I had an untried broody and thought the Silkie D'Uccle mix might be fun so I gave her 8 eggs from this pen to hatch. I got 8 chicks on Saturday 4 are Silver and 4 are gold. Here are two (one of each) with their broody mama. So my question is do you think the reason they are two different colors when their parents are either MF or White is that they are sex linked? If so which would be which? Any guesses would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Even though chicks have the same parents, there are many possibilities from the cross. I believe silkies have recessive white, which is really good at hiding genes... This means there are tons of possibilities for offspring! You could hatch 100 chicks from that cross and never get two alike. Never know though!
 
alibra said:
Even though chicks have the same parents, there are many possibilities from the cross. I believe silkies have recessive white, which is really good at hiding genes... This means there are tons of possibilities for offspring! You could hatch 100 chicks from that cross and never get two alike. Never know though!
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Very true! Like two parents, most of the kids don't look that much alike, but you could have two that look identical
 
alibra said:
Even though chicks have the same parents, there are many possibilities from the cross. I believe silkies have recessive white, which is really good at hiding genes... This means there are tons of possibilities for offspring! You could hatch 100 chicks from that cross and never get two alike. Never know though!
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CCCCCCCCHICKENS said:
Very true! Like two parents, most of the kids don't look that much alike, but you could have two that look identical
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OK so what you are saying is that it is entirely possible that the color difference is coincidental and not related to the sex of the chicks?

Thanks for responding!

Also what color is a MF D'Uccle's skin?
 
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