Incomplete mottled vs mottled

[inquisitivebird]

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I did this with a wyandotte x ss then bred the offspring together and still only got splits so bred those splits together...yet again only got more splits no mottling even though its suppose to be 1/4 chances getting a mottled and if your going for spangled thats not the same as mottling its a different pattern

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I did this with a wyandotte x ss then bred the offspring together and still only got splits so bred those splits together...yet again only got more splits no mottling even though its suppose to be 1/4 chances getting a mottled and if your going for spangled thats not the same as mottling its a different pattern

Saw your posts about your project a few weeks ago. I thought it was so interesting. Do you think if you waited a while longer that perhaps mottling would show up in your birds second molt?

 

[Poultrybonkers]

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Saw your posts about your project a few weeks ago. I thought it was so interesting. Do you think if you waited a while longer that perhaps mottling would show up in your birds second molt?

I dont think it will show up unless they are mottled and i cant tell because the blue laced feathering

 

[Poultrybonkers]

That's interesting. What color wyandotte did you use? I'm still keen try try it myself with Orpingtons. The chicken calculator says I should get a black mottled hen in 1 out of every 11 birds if I cross the splits.

I'd love to know what the patterning in spangled orpingtons is if it is something other than the mottling gene. Can you direct me in the right direction to find that out?

I used a blue laced red over ss as the first generation. Then last 3 years been crossing the offspring. And i read theres multiple genetics that are in spangled but i think it is a form of mottling but i have no idea.

 

[fluffleontheprairie]

Which calculator did you use? I didn’t know such a thing existed..