The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[NatJ]

What would I most likely get if I have a Pita Pinta rooster covering an Olive Egger hen?

The color of the chicks would depend on what color the rooster is (I'm pretty sure Pita Pintas can come in several colors), and what color the Olive Egger is (they definitely come in a variety of colors), plus whatever genes they are carrying but not showing (it's common for Olive Eggers to be mixes, so they carry other genes you can't see.)

For egg color, half the daughters should lay green eggs, lighter than olive but darker than blue. The other half of the daughters might lay brown eggs, or they might also lay green eggs. That depends on whether the Olive Egger is pure for the blue egg gene or not. Of course the sons won't lay eggs, but they will have the same egg color genes as their sisters, and can pass those on to their own offspring.

 

[PasoRoblesEgger]

The color of the chicks would depend on what color the rooster is (I'm pretty sure Pita Pintas can come in several colors), and what color the Olive Egger is (they definitely come in a variety of colors), plus whatever genes they are carrying but not showing (it's common for Olive Eggers to be mixes, so they carry other genes you can't see.)

For egg color, half the daughters should lay green eggs, lighter than olive but darker than blue. The other half of the daughters might lay brown eggs, or they might also lay green eggs. That depends on whether the Olive Egger is pure for the blue egg gene or not. Of course the sons won't lay eggs, but they will have the same egg color genes as their sisters, and can pass those on to their own offspring.

My PP's are black & white, Olive Egger is barred, you can see her behind the PP hens.
Really appreciate your response, thank you!

 

[NatJ]

My PP's are black & white, Olive Egger is barred, you can see her behind the PP hens.
Really appreciate your response, thank you!

From those colors, I think you will get sexlink chicks.
Daughters will be black.
Sons will be black with white barring, and a light spot on top of their heads when they hatch.


The reasons I predict this:

It looks like the PP and the Olive Egger are both based on black, with different genes causing white on each of them. So the chicks will also have a black base color.

The PPs probably have the mottling gene, which is recessive, so it will not show in the first generation crossed chicks.

The EE hen has white barring and the rooster does not, which is a combination that produces one kind of sexlinks.

 

[PasoRoblesEgger]

From those colors, I think you will get sexlink chicks.
Daughters will be black.
Sons will be black with white barring, and a light spot on top of their heads when they hatch.


The reasons I predict this:

It looks like the PP and the Olive Egger are both based on black, with different genes causing white on each of them. So the chicks will also have a black base color.

The PPs probably have the mottling gene, which is recessive, so it will not show in the first generation crossed chicks.

The EE hen has white barring and the rooster does not, which is a combination that produces one kind of sexlinks.

That's great news!! I'll let you know the outcome in 21 days
Appreciate your knowledge and quick responses!!

 

[Ponyiqandhens2]

I appreciate any assistance you can give. I have 6 chicks
5 are golden sebright x mille fleur d'uccle hen
1 golden sebright x easter egger

I ran the color calculator and they match that part, what i am finding interesting is the head/neck coloring and not sure how it came to be.it is obviously from the sebright side as all 6 carry it.


All but the egger chick have mulberry combs ( although one has a slight pink color on one spot)

All have the dark/black eyes. One of the pictures shows the egger and the rooster. The hen pictured with the chicks is the broody hen who hatched and raised them/still raising them at 7-8 weeks

 

[Ponyiqandhens2]

I appreciate any assistance you can give. I have 6 chicks
5 are golden sebright x mille fleur d'uccle hen
1 golden sebright x easter egger

I ran the color calculator and they match that part, what i am finding interesting is the head/neck coloring and not sure how it came to be.it is obviously from the sebright side as all 6 carry it.


All but the egger chick have mulberry combs ( although one has a slight pink color on one spot)

All have the dark/black eyes. One of the pictures shows the egger and the rooster. The hen pictured with the chicks is the broody hen who hatched and raised them/still raising them at 7-8 weeks

Forgot my question how is it all have black necks and faces

 

[MysteryChicken]

Forgot my question how is it all have black necks and faces

It's caused by extra Melanizers.

 

[NatJ]

how is it all have black necks and faces

It's caused by extra Melanizers.

Explanation for anyone who doesn't already know that term:
Melanizers are genes that make there be more black on the chicken (black in more places, also denser or darker black). There are a number of genes that have that effect. Some have been individually identified and studied, and some have not.

Some colors and patterns require more melanizers than others to look right. Black chickens tend to have a lot, solid buff chickens tend to have few or none, and other colors are in between. In this case, the Sebright rooster has enough to be very obvious in his chicks.

 

[ChicksnMore]

I have some chicks from a blue rooster to different colored hens and am wondering if these are splash chicks. I'm thinking the white with red cockerel is splash with the mahogany gene and dominant white? I played with the chicken calculator to come to that thought...I'm just beginning to learn about chicken genetics. I'm also wondering if the black and white chicks could be splash or if it's different genes creating their color. 1st chick from hatch on:

2nd chick:

3rd chick is the one with a black spot on the head:

And here's the one with only red showing. He hatched a yellow down chick, feathered white with red growing in slowly:

I'm case it's helpful, here's the father:

And hens:

I'm not actually trying to achieve anything with breeding...just enjoying learning about my chickens.

 

[ChicksnMore]

O... someone also mentioned a chick down color difference between dominate and recessive white. With dominate white showing yellow hatch down and recessive showing bright white hatch down. I think I see this difference showing in these chicks and wondering if it means I have both dominate and recessive white floating around in there.