Mottling

[Poultrybonkers]

I know two split and all that but the chart I use doesnt show what outcome would be if its a split mottled bred to non mottled? Would none be split?

 

[The Moonshiner]

You would average 50% split and 50% not split.
Problem is you won't know which they are until you test breed them.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

You would average 50% split and 50% not split.
Problem is you won't know which they are until you test breed them.

Guess if this hen isnt split ill know when none come out mottled next spring as the rooster had mottling then lost all of it that I plan on using with her.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Guess if this hen isnt split ill know when none come out mottled next spring as the rooster had mottling then lost all of it that I plan on using with her.View attachment 2895474

If the male HAD mottling and lost it, he's a split. That's a funny thing about mottled splits I'm learning—you can see some faint mottling in the splits when they're young but they'll molt it out whereas a bird that has two copies of the mottling gene will have MORE white with each molt.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

If the male HAD mottling and lost it, he's a split. That's a funny thing about mottled splits I'm learning—you can see some faint mottling in the splits when they're young but they'll molt it out whereas a bird that has two copies of the mottling gene will have MORE white with each molt.

Yup i know hes a split only reason im holding onto him because hes laced
Heres a pic of both my roos

 

[nicalandia]

If the male HAD mottling and lost it, he's a split. That's a funny thing about mottled splits I'm learning—you can see some faint mottling in the splits when they're young but they'll molt it out whereas a bird that has two copies of the mottling gene will have MORE white with each molt.

There are multiple mutations on the mottling allele some are completely recessive, some as you may have seen are not

Observations on Mottling and its many allelic mutations​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...tling-and-its-many-allelic-mutations.1331859/