Silver split to gold: they have one silver gene and one gold gene. Because silver is the dominant gene they are look silver, but because they also have a gold gene they can give that gene to their own chicks.I see this term often but what, exactly does it mean “silver split to gold”? (Sorry if that seems like a dumb question but how else are we to learn!?)
People use it for other dominant/recessive pairs, too. So for example a black split to lavender is a chicken that looks black, but has one copy of the recessive lavender gene. Two lavender genes would make a lavender chicken, but just one lavender gene does not.
As regards silver being dominant: when the chicks grow their first feathers, they look silver, and you can't even tell that they are carrying gold. As they grow up, the "silver" may look a bit yellowish, and they can sometimes have patches of red or gold in their shoulder & wing areas.
