How is this possible?

[alexischickens]

Hi,
As stated in an older post, I had a dark Easter or olive egger rooster breed with one of my golden comets. Babies are white with few black spots. One is female and one is male so it’s not a gender thing. We waited a few weeks to see if anything changed, nope they are still the same color. How is this even possible? I’ll attach photos of the rooster and babies, and you can google what a golden comet looks like if you don’t know. Me and my husband are scratching our heads.

 

[nuthatched]

Easter eggers are genetic soup, and I'm pretty sure golden comets have a white mother.

 

[NatJ]

How is this even possible?

Golden Comets have a gene that turns black to white. That's why they have a white tail, instead of having a black tail like a Rhode Island Red does.

The dark-colored rooster produced chicks that have a lot of black.
The Golden Comet hen gave them a gene that turns black to white.
That gene can miss a few spots here and there, which is why the chicks have a few white spots.

As the chicks grow up, I would expect males to get some red in their shoulders and females to maybe show some in the breast area. But the chicks might just stay as white as they are now.

 

[Amer]

Your easter egger is black with red leakage or maybe birchen based and Golden Comets have a gene that turns black to white.
Since the black and birchen are mostly dominant, the chicks are mostly white but they will probably get more red color leakage as they get older.

 

[alexischickens]

Your easter egger is black with red leakage or maybe birchen based and Golden Comets have a gene that turns black to white.
Since the black and birchen are mostly dominant, the chicks are mostly white but they will probably get more red color leakage as they get older.

Thankyou!

 

[alexischickens]

Golden Comets have a gene that turns black to white. That's why they have a white tail, instead of having a black tail like a Rhode Island Red does.

The dark-colored rooster produced chicks that have a lot of black.
The Golden Comet hen gave them a gene that turns black to white.
That gene can miss a few spots here and there, which is why the chicks have a few white spots.

As the chicks grow up, I would expect males to get some red in their shoulders and females to maybe show some in the breast area. But the chicks might just stay as white as they are now.

Thankyou!!

 

[alexischickens]

Easter eggers are genetic soup, and I'm pretty sure golden comets have a white mother.

You guys are all super helpful! Thankyou.