Sex Linked Silver/Gold

[DawnSuiter]

Hi, sorry... not sure where on earth this is but I'm sure it's here somewhere but whats the outcome of crossing a gold laced roo over silver hens?

 

[MoodyChicken]

Cross a silver hen to a gold male = gold female and silver male chicks

I don't think the opposite cross results in sex-linked chicks... I might be wrong though.

 

[DawnSuiter]

Yes! That is what I was hoping for!
Thank you!!!

 

[pips&peeps]

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It works the opposite too. Silver male over gold female = silver female and gold male chicks.

However the cockerels from both of these crosses will also carry the silver/gold gene too and should not be used for breeding.

 

[Henk69]

pips&peeps :

It works the opposite too. Silver male over gold female = silver female and gold male chicks.

NO!​

 

[pips&peeps]

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NO!

Yes, according to the KIP calculator.

http://home.hetnet.nl/~h.meijers69/kruising.html

Just put a silver duckwing rooster over a gold duckwing hen and it will show you the results.

Or put a gold duckwing rooster over a silver duckwing hen.....

 

[DawnSuiter]

I'm crossing a GLW Rooster over SLW Hens

So I will get Gold Pullets and Silver Cockerels

which is just GREAT

Now... however, both the silvers & the golds will now carry a gene for both right? So then THEIR offspring could always throw one or the other color even if they are mated to their own same color...

is that right? so that the offspring are good for backyard flocks but not so great for breeding because they might throw an off color in their offspring?

 

[pips&peeps]

The cockerels from this cross will carry both genes, the females will only carry one or the other.

 

[Henk69]

pips&peeps :

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NO!

Yes, according to the KIP calculator.

http://home.hetnet.nl/~h.meijers69/kruising.html

Just put a silver duckwing rooster over a gold duckwing hen and it will show you the results.

Or put a gold duckwing rooster over a silver duckwing hen.....​

It sais GOLDEN. That is het silver, yellowish at most. See the image.
I knew the use of the fancy words would be tricky.
GOLD is non silver. People call it black breasted red but genetically it is just how GOLD s+/(s+) looks.

 

[Henk69]

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No. The hens are always purebreed silver or gold. Gold (not "golden") can not hide the silver gene.
The crossling cockerels can produce silver and gold hens though.