How did my Welsummer egg produce a black chick???

[LadiesAndJane]

I incubated an egg from my welsummer. I have 2 roos penned in with her, a lavender orpington and an easter egger...(the easter egger is not dominant and I've never seen him mate). We were incubating silkies and decided to pop in a couple other eggs to see what happened.

The welsummer chick just hatched...pure black with black legs and beak. Totally not what I expected!! I was expecting brownish/yellow down because I thought lavenders are recessive.

I don't really understand genetics at all...is this what you'd expect from this pair?

Lavender when crossed with any other color than lavender will act as black. Welsummer are essentially partridge in coloring. All offspring from this breeding will produce 100% black chicks.
All these chicks will carry the lavender gene and when crossed together can produce lavender colored chicks.

Edited for spelling

 

[Feath3rDust3r]

Lavender when crossed with any other color than lavender will act as black. Welsummer are essentially partridge in coloring. All offspring from this breeding will produce 100% black chicks.
All these chicks will carry the lavender gene and when crossed together can produce lavender colored chicks.

Edited for spelling

Ok. Thank you for the answer! I guess I won't breed these again as I am not wanting to confuse my lavender orpingtons with mixed breeds.

 

[sourland]

What type comb does the chick have ? That would indicate which rooster was the sire.

 

[Feath3rDust3r]

What type comb does the chick have ? That would indicate which rooster was the sire.

I guess it's the standard straight comb like the orpington

 

[sourland]

IF it is a straight comb, than that's the sire. IF not than the EE is the sire.