Help identifying feather color genetics

Snorlaxzzz

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Jun 29, 2024
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I have hatched second generation gamefowl x barred rocks and have a question regarding the color genetics of a certain offspring that came out with a head that is white with black marking and the rest of the body color resembling that of my gamefowl. The pairing was a 1/2 barred rock/ sweater rooster and a sweater/asil game hen. The offspring are then 1/4 barred rock and 3/4 gamefowl. All of the offspring came out either looking like barred rocks or gamefowl in terms of color, except this one. My question is what color genetics are at play here. Below are some pictures of the chicken in question.

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I have hatched second generation gamefowl x barred rocks and have a question regarding the color genetics of a certain offspring that came out with a head that is white with black marking and the rest of the body color resembling that of my gamefowl. The pairing was a 1/2 barred rock/ sweater rooster and a sweater/asil game hen. The offspring are then 1/4 barred rock and 3/4 gamefowl. All of the offspring came out either looking like barred rocks or gamefowl in terms of color, except this one. My question is what color genetics are at play here. Below are some pictures of the chicken in question.

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First of all, are your Sweaters Wheaten, or Black Breasted Red color?
 
In that case, your pullet in question is Silver Wheaten, but with lots of Autosomal Red in her coloration.
Oh okay thank you so much, and a follow up question. Would I be able to produce a silver rooster by breeding this silver hen to a sweater and then breeding that offspring back to the same silver hen?
 
Oh okay thank you so much, and a follow up question. Would I be able to produce a silver rooster by breeding this silver hen to a sweater and then breeding that offspring back to the same silver hen?
Silver is dominant over gold, so yes.
 

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