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lilwanderer

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I have this broody hen, who we gave in and decided to let brood on 4 eggs. 2 of those eggs are a red sexlink hen and ee roosters eggs. What would those chicks look like?
The rooster:
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I have this broody hen, who we gave in and decided to let brood on 4 eggs. 2 of those eggs are a red sexlink hen and ee roosters eggs. What would those chicks look like?
The rooster:

He seems to be Golden S/s+ Columbian, Red Sex links are gold based Columbian, so 50% of F1 pullets will be Silver Based Columbian and 50% Gold based Columbian.
 
Since the hen is heterozygous for dominant white (one copy of the dominant white gene), half her offspring will have white feathers replacing the black. So you will get some pure white offspring (silver columbian with dominant white), some that look like the red sexlink (gold columbian with dominant white), and some of the roosters could end up white with some red leakage on their shoulders (silver/gold split columbian with dominant white).
 
Since the hen is heterozygous for dominant white (one copy of the dominant white gene), half her offspring will have white feathers replacing the black. So you will get some pure white offspring (silver columbian with dominant white), some that look like the red sexlink (gold columbian with dominant white), and some of the roosters could end up white with some red leakage on their shoulders (silver/gold split columbian with dominant white).
Oh thats interesting. Do yk the approximate or percentage so i know more of what's likely to happen out of the two eggs i have under the hen?
 
Oh thats interesting. Do yk the approximate or percentage so i know more of what's likely to happen out of the two eggs i have under the hen?
Ok, so 25% of the female offspring will be white, 25% will be silver columbian, 25% will be gold columbian, and 25% will be gold columbian with dominant white (RSL coloration). 25% of the male offspring will be white with leakage, 25% silver/gold split columbian (silver columbian with some leakage), 25% gold columbian, and 25% gold columbian with dominant white. Meaning you have about a 1 in 4 chance of getting a white or mostly white chicken, a 1 in 4 chance of getting a silver chicken (white with some black feathers), and a 1/2 chance of getting a red chicken with either some white or some black feathers.
 

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