Lavender x Chocolate Orphington

[SCRaveness]

Has anybody crossed Lavender Orphington Roos to Chocolate Orphington hens? Does anybody know what would be the outcome? Would love to see pics!

 

[BYCforlife]

I haven't, but have you tries googling it? There are quite a few pictures amd you may be able to get a rough idea.

 

[SCRaveness]

I haven't, but have you tries googling it? There are quite a few pictures amd you may be able to get a rough idea.

Yes I've googled. I've found other color combos, but not this one

 

[Akrnaf2]

Has anybody crossed Lavender Orphington Roos to Chocolate Orphington hens? Does anybody know what would be the outcome? Would love to see pics!

Try this calculator
http://www.mechelsekoekoek.com/breedbook/?action=geneticscalculator

 

[The Moonshiner]

All black chicks.
Pullets will carry one copy of lavender so they will be black split to lavender.
Cockerels will carry one lavender gene and one chocolate gene. They will be black split to lavender and chocolate.

 

[SCRaveness]

All black chicks.
Pullets will carry one copy of lavender so they will be black split to lavender.
Cockerels will carry one lavender gene and one chocolate gene. They will be black split to lavender and chocolate.

Thank you! That's what I was thinking, I knew both colors were black based with modifying genes, but I'm new to chicken genetics. I understand horse genetics pretty well, LOL

 

[The Moonshiner]

Lavender is recessive so they need one gene from each parent to be lavender.
Chocolate is sex linked. Females can only get one copy. And if they have it they're chocolate if not they aren't. They can't carry one copy sight unseen. Males can. They can have no genes for it. One gene and be split for it. Or two copies and be chocolate.
Pullets can only get a chocolate gene from their father and they can only pass one to their sons.
If you breed a chocolate rooster to black hens then all pullets will hatch chocolate but all males will hatch black.