Silkie Color Genetics

[morninggloryhatchery]

Hi!
I have a question on the Silkies color genes and what you breed together to get this, Etc.
I was hoping some of you could help me out. Example -
Black X Splash = ?

I'm making a notebook of alot of things of this breed and this is the last thing I need to cover.
Thanks for any help!

 

[LilPeeps]

Splash is the result of the incompletely dominant blue gene in the homozygous state.

Splash x splash = 100% splash

Splash x blue = 50% splash, 50% blue

Splash x black = 100% blue

Blue x blue = 25% splash, 50% blue, 25% black

Blue x black = 50% blue, 50% black

Black x black = 100% black

 

[morninggloryhatchery]

How do I get colors like Lavender, Buff, Red, or Cuckoo?

 

[LilPeeps]

You would need to introduce birds carrying those genes.

 

[morninggloryhatchery]

K awesome.
So If the rooster Is carrying Lavender genes, and the hens you can chose from are Blue and Calico, what is the possibility for a Lavender chick to come in?

 

[LilPeeps]

There is no chance the resulting chicks will be lav if the hens are not carrying it. Lav is a recessive gene so it must be in the homozygous state for a bird to be phenotypically lav. Since the male is het lav, 50% of the chicks will get a copy of the gene, however these chicks will be indistinguishable from the ones not carrying it.

 

[morninggloryhatchery]

Thanks for the help!

 

[LilPeeps]

Anytime!

 

[watersoflethe]

this is very helpful
can i also ask couple more questions?

is black also an incomplete dominant blue gene?

is white recessive or dominant?

 

[LilPeeps]

Quote:
Black is just the lack of any other genes. Blue is its own gene, when a bird is not carrying it (or anything else that would allow it to be seen phenotypically), a bird is black.

There are both dominant and recessive whites.