The blue gene in chickens

[CreamBruelle]

Hello everyone. I bought some blue silkies chicks from a hatchery a while back and I got some splash, blue and black. I'm wondering if I breed my blacks together or if I breed my splash together if I will get all black and all splash or if I will sometimes get a different color.



Thanks

 

[junebuggena]

The Blue gene is a dominant dilute gene for black. Blacks have no copies of the dilute gene. Blues have a single copy of the gene. Splash have two copies of the gene.

 

[CreamBruelle]

ok, thank you

 

[Kev]

Yeah black with black= all blacks. Occasionally there can be a blue so dark it looks black, so if a blue chick shows up shows up that's the issue. Rare though.

Splash with splash= all splashes.