Silkie breeding pair

[LAM17]

I have a breeding pair question for my silkies. I have the following silkies:

Blue (dark but not black) roo from chocolate breeding

Black hen from dominate white roo over chocolate hens

What would be the possible outcome for this pairing? I guess throwing the fact that the rooster is dominate white in the mix is causing my brain to go into “searching for service” mode and throwing me off.

 

[Cloverr39]

If I'm not mistaken, what you have is a blue rooster that very likely carries chocolate, and a hen that doesn't.
So, their sons would be black and blue with a 50% chance of carrying chocolate. Their daughters would be black, blue, chocolate and mauve.

 

[LoveMyPeepers]

@Debbie292d

 

[Debbie292d]

Black hen from dominate white roo over chocolate hens

The dominate white masking failed, but it'll carry a gene of it, and I believe it would have a chocolate gene.

Other than me thinking you'll get blue, black, chocolate, and possibly even paint chicks, I'd turn to @NatJ who would know what will happen here.

 

[NatJ]

If I'm not mistaken, what you have is a blue rooster that very likely carries chocolate, and a hen that doesn't.
So, their sons would be black and blue with a 50% chance of carrying chocolate. Their daughters would be black, blue, chocolate and mauve.

That sounds right to me.

Or if the rooster does not carry the chocolate gene, then there would only be black and blue chicks in both sexes, with no chocolate or mauve.

The dominate white masking failed, but it'll carry a gene of it, and I believe it would have a chocolate gene.

When one chicken looks blue and the other looks black, I am confident that neither one has dominant white. There is a reason that gene is called "dominant" white.

Other than me thinking you'll get blue, black, chocolate, and possibly even paint chicks, I'd turn to @NatJ who would know what will happen here.

No dominant white gene in the rooster or the hen, so no paint chicks among their offspring. Assuming the rooster does indeed carry the chocolate gene, I agree with @Cloverr39 about what chick colors to expect.

 

[LAM17]

Thanks everyone for your responses. I think the breeder telling me that the hen was from a dominate white roo x chocolate hen is what threw me for a loop as dominate white masks color. I was figuring to get a mix of chic colors as @Cloverr39 said. I am going to do a test breeding just to see and plan on doing genotype testing later this year.

 

[NatJ]

I think the breeder telling me that the hen was from a dominate white roo x chocolate hen is what threw me for a loop as dominate white masks color.

It may just mean the breeder does not know what other genes the dominant white rooster may have (since black, blue, splash, or chocolate would all be turned to white.) But since your hen is not white, you can tell quite a bit about her just by seeing that she is black (not blue or splash, not chocolate, no dominant white.)