Red pyle x

[Nicks_Chicks]

Hey, so I was wondering what red Pyle x birchen and red Pyle x bb Red would be? I know the red pyles are dominant white... so I'm assuming the birchen x would be dominant white with silver or gold leakage (of course, the silver leakage wouldn't show) and black leakage as well. Would the bb red x just be red pyles? Carrying only one copy of Dom white, of course. @NatJ @Amer

 

[Amer]

Red pyles are red duckwing with dominant white. BBred Old English (I assume you mean Old English, it varies by breed) are red duckwing. Some red pyles are homozygous for dominant white and others are heterozygous so you should get either all red pyle or 50 percent red pyle, 50 percent bbred from that crossing.

Red pyle crossed birchen you'd get red, silver, or "golden" white birchen, depending on which is the father and which is the mother. So white with black specks and a colored (or uncolored) neck. But some of them might have black bodies instead of white if the red pyle has only one copy of white.

 

[Amer]

I always mention "if the red pyle is only heterozygous for dominant white" but I do feel like you might be able to tell if that's the case. But not always.

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

Red pyles are red duckwing with dominant white. BBred Old English (I assume you mean Old English, it varies by breed) are red duckwing. Some red pyles are homozygous for dominant white and others are heterozygous so you should get either all red pyle or 50 percent red pyle, 50 percent bbred from that crossing.

Red pyle crossed birchen you'd get red, silver, or "golden" white birchen, depending on which is the father and which is the mother. So white with black specks and a colored (or uncolored) neck. But some of them might have black bodies instead of white if the red pyle has only one copy of white.

I'm talking about modern game bantams. Sorry I didn't make that clear.

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

Red pyles are red duckwing with dominant white. BBred Old English (I assume you mean Old English, it varies by breed) are red duckwing. Some red pyles are homozygous for dominant white and others are heterozygous so you should get either all red pyle or 50 percent red pyle, 50 percent bbred from that crossing.

Red pyle crossed birchen you'd get red, silver, or "golden" white birchen, depending on which is the father and which is the mother. So white with black specks and a colored (or uncolored) neck. But some of them might have black bodies instead of white if the red pyle has only one copy of white.

The red Pyle is the rooster, the birchen is the hen.

 

[NatJ]

I agree with the answers from @Amer

The red Pyle is the rooster, the birchen is the hen.

Then daughters will show red or gold, sons will show silver but also carry the gold gene (so their "silver" will likely be yellowish or golden in color, instead of a clean white color.)

Chicks will be color-sexable if you can see gold or silver in their down, or later in their feathers. But considering how much black is usually present on Birchen chicks, and then it will be turned to white, you may not be able to tell which chicks are white with a little gold (females) and which are white with a little silver (males).