Silkie genetics - Splash Roo to paint and white hen?

[Taranfoster]

I have a splash roo with two hens, one white and one paint. I know nothing about genetics. I’m not a breeder nor do I plan to sell any of my babies that I may hatch (just throwing that out there before someone gets excited ). I’m just curious as to what I’m likely to see if I hatch their babies. Any input?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi there.

Since Paint is one copy of dominant white over black... I think you will get white chicks... maybe with some leakage when crossed to a splash cock.

White can be hiding many colors underneath and can be a bit of a wild card. I believe Silkies are technically recessive white... though sometimes available in dominant white... Still thinking you may end up with white chicks in this cross. According to the calculator though... if crossed to white recessive, it will give you 100% blue chicks. If crossed to white dominant they would be white... maybe we are going to learn more about your individual hens!

Here is a fun little toy. It doesn't account for leakage or include paint or speckled as options so some things you have to kinda figure out. The second drop down tab is in English...
http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm#kipcalculator

So as far as I can tell.. you will be getting white or blue chicks. I wonder if then bred together some (a %) would have paint in the following generations?

Happy chickeneering!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

From what I've read about dominant white, I believe you'd get 50% paint chicks with blue spots instead of black, and 50% black chicks from the paint X splash. For the white X splash, I'm not sure, since recessive white (which most white silkies have) could have anything hiding under it.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Splash over the paint will give you 50% blue chicks and 50% blue paints.
As stated white can be a wild card.
White silkies are recessive white unless from a paint breeding group. Those would be double dose dominate white.
Did your white come with the paint or from a different source?
If she's from paint breeding you'd get 100% blue paints.
If she is a regular white silkie you'll probably get blue chicks with cockerels maybe showing some leakage. That's my best guess since recessive white can be about anything underneath.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

From what I've read about dominant white, I believe you'd get 50% paint chicks with blue spots instead of black, and 50% black chicks from the paint X splash. For the white X splash, I'm not sure, since recessive white (which most white silkies have) could have anything hiding under it.

Oops! This is meant to say blue.