Muscovy day old sex link chocolate.

[kilby]

The Q would be if a duckling at hatch has chocolate head and wings and darker body is it a sex link drakelet for sure or is that for later days?
Thank you for your replies.

 

[casportpony]

The Q would be if a duckling at hatch has chocolate head and wings and darker body is it a sex link drakelet for sure or is that for later days?
Thank you for your replies.

Can you post a picture? Is it possibly a dusky, not a chocolate?

-Kathy

 

[learycow]

The only way you will have se-linked muscovies is if you bred a chocolate drake with black hens. Then the offspring will be sex-linked chocolate females and black males.

What you are describing simply means that it is a color carrier. If not solid black as a duckling, then it's not a pure black. It doesn't mean its a male

 

[casportpony]

The only way you will have se-linked muscovies is if you bred a chocolate drake with black hens. Then the offspring will be sex-linked chocolate females and black males.

What you are describing simply means that it is a color carrier. If not solid black as a duckling, then it's not a pure black. It doesn't mean its a male

So chocolate male to black female means that all chocolate ducklings will be female and all black ducklings will be male? Will those black males be carrying chocolate?

-Kathy

 

[learycow]

So chocolate male to black female means that all chocolate ducklings will be female and all black ducklings will be male? Will those black males be carrying chocolate?

-Kathy

yes and yes

 

[casportpony]

Quote: And can a black male carrying chocolate to a black female produce chocolate? I'm gonna guess yes. And what sex would those chocolates be? Truly curious about all this.

-Kathy

 

[learycow]

And can a black male carrying chocolate to a black female produce chocolate? I'm gonna guess yes. And what sex would those chocolates be? Truly curious about all this.

-Kathy

No. Females are either chocolate or black, can't be carriers. So if bred to a black male you'll only get black ducklings.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: My flock started off with two black ducks, and they were black, trust me. lol, and their first clutch had chocolates. No other ducks around, so that wasn't the reason.

-Kathy

 

[learycow]

My flock started off with two black ducks, and they were black, trust me. lol, and their first clutch had chocolates. No other ducks around, so that wasn't the reason.

-Kathy

This is the thing with muscovies. They are carriers and can carry multiple color genes.
When I first started breeding them 8 years ago I had a trio of black and whites. They produced black, white, chocolate, lavender, buff, and blues! I sure was surprised!
So the chocolate sex-linking only works if they are pure colors (typically). So your black to black will give you chocolates if they are carriers, but gender can't be determined unless you know that your drake is the chocolate carrier.

I bred black barred hens with a chocolate barred drake this year. I know that they were ALL multiple color carriers. However, the sex-linking worked. Every single female that hatched was chocolate barred and the males were all black barred and blues

 

[casportpony]

What do you know about the dusky gene?

-Kathy