leg color question

[pbjmaker]

Is a dark leg color dominate? I have a couple of new chicks that I think are pure mille fluer d'uccles but there is a chance that they have a different papa. Their leg color is yellow (feathered) right now and the other potential dad has slate legs (golden lakenvelder).

Thanks-
Stephanie

 

[ella]

If you breed a dark legged male to a light legged female the female offspring will have dark legs, the males will have light. You have sexlinks!

 

[pbjmaker]

Hmm that will be cool on the ones that hatch that are his babies. I found a chicken color genetic calculator and if the Golden Lakenvelder was the dad they would have been mostly black (down) at hatch. These guys are the right color for d'uccles. I had a quitter that was mostly black though. I will keep that in mind for other chicks - it's good to know since I am sure he has fathered some of the eggs.