Brown Novogen hen with Bielefelder Roo. What would I get? Would they be somewhat autosex? (I'm new to chickens & not versed in chicken breeding terminology.)
No autosexing (color-sexable chicks, breeds true).
No sexlinks (color-sexable chicks, one-time cross).
The hen is brown with a white tail and a few other white feathers, right? I predict this:
Chicks should hatch out with a fair bit of red/brown coloring in their down, probably some darker than others, some with stripes of yellow/white and maybe black and some maybe without stripes.
When they grow their feathers:
All chicks should have white barring.
All chicks should show some amount of brown/red/gold.
Half of chicks will show some amount of black, especially in the tail and around the base of the neck but probably also in other parts of the body. The other half of the chicks will have that black turned into white, probably with a few black bits leaking through here and there.
Genes involved, for those who like to learn about such things:
Father homozygous barred, chicks heterozygous/hemizygous barred.
Father & mother pure for gold, so chicks are too.
Mother probably heterozygous for Dominant White, so half of chicks heterozygous and half don't have it.
Father e+/e+, mother likely E^Wh/E^Wh, so chicks probably E^Wh/e+
Mother Co/? so at least half of chicks should show Columbian restriction of black.
