Mottled Cochin questions

[Riven]

I have a black mottled cochin pair. The roo is mostly black with mottling him him, if I had to call the hen a "color" I'd call her white with black mottles ( like a dalmation )

I have some chicks hatching and I would like to keep some for myself. Is there any way to tell what kind of coloring they would have? I'd love to have more of the hens coloring.

Please advise if this is possible, and if there is a way to tell on the chicks or if it won't show until they are older, if so how old do you think?

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

it takes almost a year to really tell what they are going to look like. they need there adult feathers

 

[Riven]

Thanks. Okay, so on what I keep it will kind of be a crap shoot then huh?


Will this pair produce the more heavily mottled chicks?


Could anyone tell me what to expect out of a black mottled roo and a red mottled hen?

I'm doing some spring culling and trying to thin out what I have because I fell in love with too many and want to focus on just a few for right now! Which will be my columbians and my mottled, so I'm just trying to sort it all out!

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

red is recessive so your chicks should be black who carry the red gene, is your mottling 1 feather in 3, if its less your mottling is not good, it will be a real crap shoot, if the parents are not good

 

[Riven]

Okay. That's good to know. The red hen is a okay hen, I have a red mottled roo with okay mottling, but with the trying to thin out I decided to pick two roos and no more, so I guess she will go.


Here is the hen, I went out to get pictures of him and her and got distracted and ended up with just her! This is what I'd like to achieve:

(Sorry, her feet are dirty, we've had torrential rain here for the last month! It's finally drying out!)


Here is the red roo, the hen has about the same pattern.

Culling is hard!