Mating and hatching expectations

[RainbowMama]

View attachment 1737772 please bear with me as I am trying to learn. I have a gorgeous black cochin Roo. I have several colors of cochin hens plus a white brahma hen. Will their chicks that hatch look like the hens or will all chicks look like daddy roo? I mean can I get brahma chicks from a brahma hen and cochin roo?

 

[Trux]

Genetics are somewhat complicated, at least for me. I asked breeder I bought a pair from what to expect from a SL Black roo and a SL Blue hen simple answer to me was that the male will look like dad and the female will look like mom...We are going to find out if it holds true here in awhile as we have the pair together and am waiting for that first fertile egg, been a week.
I'm sure someone more experienced in genetics can give you the answers your looking for

 

[SueT]

I mean can I get brahma chicks from a brahma hen and cochin roo?

They will be an interesting mixed breed.

 

[RainbowMama]

It sounds like I may need to get a brahma roo since I want to raise brahmas and cochins.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Genetics are somewhat complicated, at least for me. I asked breeder I bought a pair from what to expect from a SL Black roo and a SL Blue hen simple answer to me was that the male will look like dad and the female will look like mom...We are going to find out if it holds true here in awhile as we have the pair together and am waiting for that first fertile egg, been a week.
I'm sure someone more experienced in genetics can give you the answers your looking for

You'll get about 1/2 SL black and 1/2 SL blue chicks of both sexes.

 

[The Moonshiner]

OP no you will not get any Brahma chicks. When you cross breeds you get cross breed or mixed chicks.
Also chicks do not take after one parent or the other.
They get 1/2 their genes from one parent and the other 1/2 from the other parent. It depends on the mix or genes they get and how all those genes interact with each other that determines what they will look like.
Sometimes a chick will look like the rooster, sometimes like the hen and sometimes like neither parent.

 

[Trux]

so what would you call a cochin brama cross?? A Brachin?? A corama maybe?

 

[RainbowMama]

so what would you call a cochin brama cross?? A Brachin?? A corama maybe?

Brachin! Sounds game of thronesish

 

[RainbowMama]

You'll get about 1/2 SL black and 1/2 SL blue chicks of both sexes.

Please explain SL ?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Please explain SL ?

I was replying to trux post since what the breeder told them is incorrect.
SL = silver laced.