If you cross buff to white.....

[kryptoniteqhs]

wouldnt you get some white and some buff, but not an inbetween cream right?

 

[Krys109uk]

Probably not.
The resultant colour would depend upon the type of white gene(s) carried by the bird(s) in question.

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

cuz thats what mine looks like an inbetween cream...heres a thread with her pic on it
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1736029#p1736029

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Mine came out white.

But it was a Columbian coloration (Light Brahma) to a Buff Orpington hen that resulted in a white bird with REALLY light Delaware markings.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Either way, mixing chicken colors isn't like mixing paint, there's no sure way to predict the outcome.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

White does not dilute the pigment. It turns off its expression, but depending on the specific white (there are two separate genes, each of which have several alleles) genes & alleles resulting from the cross, you might end up with chicks who are all white or all buff; the more likely scenario is that you'll end up with a bunch of genes that were hidden making their appearance known--and what those genes may be is completely unpredictable--about the equivalent of saying, if I breed my buff hen what colour will the chicks be (notice the lack of mention of a rooster).

If you want to dilute the buff, you need to add a gene that dilutes red pigment: lav, di, cb or ig.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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Obviously I k now what the first one is.... what are the other three?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

cuz thats what mine looks like an inbetween cream...heres a thread with her pic on it
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1736029#p1736029

With just down to go from, it's hard to completely predict how she'll mature, but I suspect she'll feather out pure white.​

 

[Krys109uk]

Kryptoniteqhs.....is that chick now an adult?

One would not particularly expect some chicks to be buff & some to be white from a white X buff mating. It all depends upon what genes the parents carry.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Sonoran Silkies wrote:
lav, di, cb or ig.

Obviously I know what the first one is.... what are the other three?

Lavender, dilute, champaign blonde, & inhibitor of gold. lav & ig are recessive; Cb & Di are dominant (Di is incompletely dominant), so I should have capitalized their symbols. Lav also dilutes black pigment, and Di has some affect on black, but not as much as on red.​