Silkie color question

[ClearCreekFarms]

My silkie roos are white (don't know if he's dominant or recessive), blue, chocolate, and partridge.
My girls are white (same as above), partridge, and grey/silver.
My question is: is there any crossing that will give me something other than white, grey, or partridge. I'm still learning about the genetics of silkies. It's so fascinating! Thank you for any advice!
P.S. the white roo crossed with the white hen and grey hens gave me white, grey, and partridge babies, so either the hen or roo is hiding some partridge genes, I think.

 

[nicalandia]

My silkie roos are white (don't know if he's dominant or recessive), blue, chocolate, and partridge.
My girls are white (same as above), partridge, and grey/silver.
My question is: is there any crossing that will give me something other than white, grey, or partridge. I'm still learning about the genetics of silkies. It's so fascinating! Thank you for any advice!
P.S. the white roo crossed with the white hen and grey hens gave me white, grey, and partridge babies, so either the hen or roo is hiding some partridge genes, I think.

@NatJ

 

[NatJ]

My question is: is there any crossing that will give me something other than white, grey, or partridge.

Yes.

Cross the blue rooster to partridge or grey, and you should get some babies that have blue and some that have black. They will probably be black or blue all over, possibly with a bit of other color leaking through. You might get some that are partridge or grey color, and some that are like that but diluted by the blue gene.

Cross the chocolate rooster to those same hens (partridge or grey), and you should get daughters that show chocolate. They will probably be solid chocolate, maybe with a bit of other color leaking through, but there's a chance of chocolate partridge or chocolate grey. Sons will show black (or partridge or grey), but carry the gene for chocolate. So these chicks are sexlinks: chocolate is only visible in the daughters, not the sons.

The blue and chocolate hens have a chance of producing some black/blue/chocolate chicks with the white hens, too.

 

[ClearCreekFarms]

Yes.

Cross the blue rooster to partridge or grey, and you should get some babies that have blue and some that have black. They will probably be black or blue all over, possibly with a bit of other color leaking through. You might get some that are partridge or grey color, and some that are like that but diluted by the blue gene.

Cross the chocolate rooster to those same hens (partridge or grey), and you should get daughters that show chocolate. They will probably be solid chocolate, maybe with a bit of other color leaking through, but there's a chance of chocolate partridge or chocolate grey. Sons will show black (or partridge or grey), but carry the gene for chocolate. So these chicks are sexlinks: chocolate is only visible in the daughters, not the sons.

The blue and chocolate hens have a chance of producing some black/blue/chocolate chicks with the white hens, too.

Wow, NatJ, thank you so much! I hope to be a tenth as knowledgeable one of these days! I appreciate your help!

 

[SilkieFlo]

Yes.

Cross the blue rooster to partridge or grey, and you should get some babies that have blue and some that have black. They will probably be black or blue all over, possibly with a bit of other color leaking through. You might get some that are partridge or grey color, and some that are like that but diluted by the blue gene.

Cross the chocolate rooster to those same hens (partridge or grey), and you should get daughters that show chocolate. They will probably be solid chocolate, maybe with a bit of other color leaking through, but there's a chance of chocolate partridge or chocolate grey. Sons will show black (or partridge or grey), but carry the gene for chocolate. So these chicks are sexlinks: chocolate is only visible in the daughters, not the sons.

The blue and chocolate hens have a chance of producing some black/blue/chocolate chicks with the white hens, too.

Bit late to the party,

But if the white hen is dom white and crossed with the choc roo, couldn't you get choc paint chics?

 

[NatJ]

if the white hen is dom white and crossed with the choc roo, couldn't you get choc paint chics?

Yes that would work too, if the white hen turns out to be Dominant White.