gamefowl ?s

[Jennings Gamefowl]

i have 2 gray hens and one gray roo, so will i get gray game chicks,,, also what color chickens would i get if i cross the gray roo to a wheaten hen

 

[saladin]

Grey x Grey should yeild grey chicks; With the Grey cock x wheaten hen you will most likely end up with with good quality Grey stags. As to gameness that all depends on the particular strains you are breeding; in otherwords it has nothing to do with the color of your birds.
saladin

 

[Jennings Gamefowl]

thanks thats good to know

 

[Jennings Gamefowl]

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when you say grey x grey should yeild grey chicks, does that mean i might not end up with 100% grey chicks ??

 

[Chris09]

when you say grey x grey should yeild grey chicks, does that mean i might not end up with 100% grey chicks ??

Witch Grays are you talking about the "silver" or "Golden"
You might not get 100% Grays if there is a variety other than Gray in the background of the bird. There could be Black Breasted Red in the background of one of the birds and that could pop up in the offspring.​

 

[Jennings Gamefowl]

golden...

 

[Chris09]

See they should have Black Breasted Reds in them..
The Golden I have is out of a "Silver" Gray rooster and a Black Breasted Red hen.
So Im thinking you might get silver, golden and may be BB Reds.. A better percentage should be Golden...

Chris

 

[Jennings Gamefowl]

ok thanks

 

[Chris09]

Jennings:

If you line breed Goldens then you can keep getting the goldens.

Chris

 

[DTchickens]

My experience with greys in american gamefowl, whether it be golden or silver.. Is they are dominate down until about 5/8ths other "variety", and even then it's possible to be a grey... Now if your grey hens are sisters or closely related to the cock it is likely that breeding them together can throw other colors...

but never has been my experience, with gamefowl there will "always" be some other color in the greys.. Most of the time it is hatch (bbred) or kelso (wheaten) from what i've seen..