HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?!?!

[SunnySid3Up]

How are all these silkies related, I have a partridge, black, gray, and what I think is lavender, yet they are all from the same rooster, and hens?!? Make it make sense!

 

[sourland]

Phenotype vs genotype - it's all about the genes carried by both parents.

 

[SunnySid3Up]

These are the parents.. I'm still confused on how these made those...

 

[DobieLover]

These are the parents.. I'm still confused on how these made those...

Recessive, heterogenous genes are not expressed physically but can be when combined with the right genes from the other parent.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

These are the parents.. I'm still confused on how these made those...

White silkies are almost always recessive white, so their white color is hiding another pattern underneath. Silkies often aren’t bred pure for color, so it looks like the black one also has other genes.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I don't know if this will help or confuse. But ...

My son has brown eyes. His wife has brown eyes. They had a baby girl with beautiful blue eyes. He called me up in a rage. How did this happen.

Son, calm down. What color are your dad's eyes? BLUE .
What color are her dad's eyes? Also BLUE.

Both you and your wife carry a recessive gene for blue eyes. Baby girl got both of those genes and Bingo! She has blue eyes.

You don't see the recessive genes your chickens carry, but the're in there, in the genetic code, or genetic soup. When the codes mix and mingle, that's when you see what's hidden there.

 

[SunnySid3Up]

I don't know if this will help or confuse. But ...

My son has brown eyes. His wife has brown eyes. They had a baby girl with beautiful blue eyes. He called me up in a rage. How did this happen.

Son, calm down. What color are your dad's eyes? BLUE .
What color are her dad's eyes? Also BLUE.

Both you and your wife carry a recessive gene for blue eyes. Baby girl got both of those genes and Bingo! She has blue eyes.

You don't see the recessive genes your chickens carry, but the're in there, in the genetic code, or genetic soup. When the codes mix and mingle, that's when you see what's hidden there.

Thank you