Jan 9, 2018 #1 L Lma1rider Chirping 6 Years Joined Jan 9, 2018 Messages 5 Reaction score 0 Points 57 I don’t know anything about color genetics! My question is....what color silkies would you get from a black roo over a partridge hen?
I don’t know anything about color genetics! My question is....what color silkies would you get from a black roo over a partridge hen?
Jan 10, 2018 #2 Welshies Crowing Joined May 8, 2016 Messages 3,250 Reaction score 2,537 Points 286 Location Alberta, Canada Black is dominant, so you would get black chicks, possibly with some color leakage. Here is some better info: @junebuggena @aart
Black is dominant, so you would get black chicks, possibly with some color leakage. Here is some better info: @junebuggena @aart
Jan 10, 2018 #3 junebuggena Crowing Educator Friend Spirit Joined Apr 17, 2015 Messages 23,102 Reaction score 8,349 Points 491 Location Long Beach, WA Black. Males may develop some red leakage.
Jan 10, 2018 Thread starter #4 L Lma1rider Chirping 6 Years Joined Jan 9, 2018 Messages 5 Reaction score 0 Points 57
Jan 10, 2018 Thread starter #5 L Lma1rider Chirping 6 Years Joined Jan 9, 2018 Messages 5 Reaction score 0 Points 57 These are some of the chicks I got
Jan 10, 2018 #6 junebuggena Crowing Educator Friend Spirit Joined Apr 17, 2015 Messages 23,102 Reaction score 8,349 Points 491 Location Long Beach, WA You are either mistaken about which hens and roosters were the parents, or the parents are mixed varieties, carrying any number of recessive color/pattern genes.
You are either mistaken about which hens and roosters were the parents, or the parents are mixed varieties, carrying any number of recessive color/pattern genes.