Chocolate Wyandotte Bantams
The mouth watering Chocolate’s are a relatively new color to the Wyandotte Bantams in the US. In 2005 Richard Davies of the UK created the chocolate Wyandotte Bantam. In 2011 Jerry Foley, of Foley’s Water Fowl created the Chocolate Wyandotte line in the US using the same principle as the UK. Foley's used imported UK Chocolate Orpingtons on the Art Lundgren line of Black Wyandottes. A nice Wyandotte type with the luscious chocolate color was born and will be the center stone in future years for breeders diving in to diversify the color pool of Wyandottes.
Chocolate Wyandottes are sex-linked recessive, meaning if you breed a Chocolate male to a black female you will get all split black males and all chocolate females.
Black males that carry the chocolate gene are called 'Split.’ Using black wyandottes in your breeding pen with the chocolates is useful to improve the darkness of the chocolate and to improve type if needed.
Chocolate Wyandottes breed true. The following is a list of the combinations that may be used in breeding and the results you will get:
Chocolate Male X Chocolate Female = 100% Chocolate
Chocolate Male X Black Female = 50% Black Males carrying (split male) Chocolate, 50% Chocolate Females
Black Male X Chocolate Female = 50% Black Males carrying (split male) Chocolate, 50% Black Female
Split Male X Chocolate Female = 25% Chocolate Males, 25% Black Males carrying (split male) Chocolate, 25% Chocolate Females, 25% Black Females
Split Male X Black Female = 25% Black Males carrying (split male) Chocolate, 25% Black Males, 25% Chocolate Females, 25% Black Females.
(link to full website: http://www.chickenhillpoultry.com/chocolate )
you eventually still need to add in a black wyandotte due to lightness in color. true dun by my research causes "fawn" and not "chocolate" but the chocolate gene is based on the dun gene. of course i have only researched this on OEGB's and wyandottes could be different.
This stuff is so Fascinating. It is a little to scientific for me, but I love hearing (reading?) you all talk about it.i keep looking for hatching eggs because i dont want to pay the price for these http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/ayam-cemani/
ill have brussbars for sale in 2015 with chicks starting at $500.00 each (some offers will be made on chicks in 2014, but its an investment risk). well, if everything goes right i will. price of chickens depends on age/quality/rarity. something like a chocolate wynadotte has a muting gene, if you breed 2 chocolates together, you will get mostly sports and only 25% chocolate. (breed sports to black for 100% chocolate). because of constantly adding in black color, its hard to improve the quality of them.
several of our newer colorations are that way, they are more for hobby breeding and show breeding than for your typical egg laying flock. some of these to watch for are blue, fawn, chocolate, and lemon cuckoo colorations. any of these colors will bring top dollar in their breeds. also since im on the subject, there has been fertility trouble in jubilie orpingtons so buy with caution.
I'm in liberty township. Are they frizzle sermas?
Sorry about that, mlaff. At least it wasn't one you were attached to, too!
