Info on the chocolate wyandotte genetics

[HallFamilyFarm]

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These are really nice!

 

[BooBear]

They are lovely, they do resemble the chocolates in UK.
I would love to get some of those. : )

 

[WyandotteTX]

I really liked the Duns I had back then. They were good chickens and had really good type to boot.

I did make my own creation with them, Dun Laced Gold. I only ever had a pair or trio of them before I got rid of them.
Here is a pic.

 

[suebgbr]

Hi,

I am in the UK and have just hatched 10 out of 12 chocolate Wyandotte eggs. I got them from this website which gives loads of info on the show characteristics

http://cheshirepoultry.co.uk/chocolate_wyandotte.html

But you also have a website over that side of the pond

http://www.foleyswaterfowl.com/chocolatewyandottes.pdf

 

[suebgbr]

Here are some pics of my babies. I hope they are all chocolate and I have not been sold duff eggs (they were so expensive!!)
I have a few warren and welsummer in there as well

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Here are some pics of my babies. I hope they are all chocolate and I have not been sold duff eggs (they were so expensive!!)
I have a few warren and welsummer in there as well

 

[sueiris]

Do you want information on the Dun ,an allele of Dominant White, as described in the previous post, OR information on the Sex-linked Recessive Chocolate gene?Chocolate Wyandottes in the US are Dun birds, Chocolate Wyandottes in the UK are Sex-linked Recessive Chocolate.
David

Actually, there are Sex-linked Chocolate Wyandottes here in the US also........I got my originals from Jerry Foley.

 

[sueiris]

Do you want information on the Dun ,an allele of Dominant White, as described in the previous post, OR information on the Sex-linked Recessive Chocolate gene?Chocolate Wyandottes in the US are Dun birds, Chocolate Wyandottes in the UK are Sex-linked Recessive Chocolate.
David

very interesting article on Duns...Happy to say that there are now sex-linked chocolates in the US thanks to Jerry Foley...... Below one of my hens that I bred from birds I bought from him in 2014.