Silkied D’Uccles Project

[Egg Snatcher]

Cool! The rooster looks decently close to d'uccle type. I might be wrong tho

Yeah. He’s god the nice long neck. His tell is a little short and his chest isn’t very deep. But I’ll get that fixed, probably in a couple generations.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Why would 50 percent of chicks come out mottled? I don't see any mottling on either of them so it would be 25 percent at best.

The rooster is mottled. The hen is not but may carry the mottled gene. If the hen does carry the mottled gene, 50% will be splits and 50% will be mottled. Here is a mottled breeding chart that I learned from

If you look at his beard you can see the mottling

And here are pics of him a a younger cockerel you can see the mottling

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

The rooster is mottled. The hen is not but may carry the mottled gene. If the hen does carry the mottled gene, 50% will be splits and 50% will be mottled. Here is a mottled breeding chart that I learned from
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If you look at his beard you can see the mottling View attachment 4110678
And here are pics of him a a younger cockerel you can see the mottling View attachment 4110680View attachment 4110679

That means that the rooster has one mottling gene, it doesn’t mean he’s pure for mottling. The chance is either 0% or 25% depending on if the hen carries mottling too.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

That means that the rooster has one mottling gene, it doesn’t mean he’s pure for mottling. The chance is either 0% or 25% depending on if the hen carries mottling too.

There has to be two mottled genes for it to show. So he’d have to be double gened.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Chickens with one mottling gene can still show very minimal mottling, especially when they’re young. I’ll try to find a picture example.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Chickens with one mottling gene can still show very minimal mottling, especially when they’re young. I’ll try to find a picture example.

A few examples:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-color-genetics-question.223726/post-15399771

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/mille-fleur-duccle-crosses.517983/post-6591470

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-speckled-sussex-crosses.356751/post-18760290
(Zoom into that EE x cockerel)

 

[Amer]

Chickens with one mottling gene can still show very minimal mottling, especially when they’re young. I’ll try to find a picture example.

Agreed. The rooster only has one copy of mottling. The pullet has either one or zero.