How to Breed Chocolate Silkies?

[Obsessed With Silkies]

Hi everyone! I'm considering expanding my Silkie flock and potentially breeding chocolate. However, I don't know where to begin nor what colors I would need. Is there a breeding chart I could go by or what colors do I need to breed chocolates? Thank you!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Hi everyone! I'm considering expanding my Silkie flock and potentially breeding chocolate. However, I don't know where to begin nor what colors I would need. Is there a breeding chart I could go by or what colors do I need to breed chocolates? Thank you!

You need at least one chocolate to breed them. It's a sexlink gene though, so it's not as simple as other recessive colors

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

You need at least one chocolate to breed them. It's a sexlink gene though, so it's not as simple as other recessive colors

Thank you for your response! Do you know what other colors I would need to pair with the chocolate?

 

[Cloverr39]

Do you know what other colors I would need to pair with the chocolate?

You don’t necessarily need any other colors. Chocolate can just be bred to chocolate and will breed true.
If you're asking what colors you can breed to chocolate while you're trying to breed it in, I suggest black, as chocolate is technically just black with a dilution gene.
If you want to mix chocolate with other colors for a more colorful flock, you could mix in blue as well, which will create mauve (chocolate on a blue base). Paint can also be bred to chocolate, if you wanted chocolate paints. But as I said, it's not necessary to add any other colors to chocolate.
You cannot create chocolate from other colors that don't carry the chocolate gene, so you'll need at least one chocolate bird or a chocolate carrier to start with.

Is there a breeding chart I could go by or what colors do I need to breed chocolates?

Here's a chocolate and black breeding chart:

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

You don’t necessarily need any other colors. Chocolate can just be bred to chocolate and will breed true.
If you're asking what colors you can breed to chocolate while you're trying to breed it in, I suggest black, as chocolate is technically just black with a dilution gene.
If you want to mix chocolate with other colors for a more colorful flock, you could mix in blue as well, which will create mauve (chocolate on a blue base). Paint can also be bred to chocolate, if you wanted chocolate paints. But as I said, it's not necessary to add any other colors to chocolate.
You cannot create chocolate from other colors that don't carry the chocolate gene, so you'll need at least one chocolate bird or a chocolate carrier to start with.

Here's a chocolate and black breeding chart:
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Thank you so much!