The reason is already clear to me, but I'm still curious to hear what y'all think about it-

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lilwanderer said:
No, I'm not wondering if they'd be sexlinks then, just wondering how the offspring would likely look like if the mother were a buff brahma overall
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Ah. If you used your silver/gold split rooster and a buff Brahma hen, you would get 25% gold males, 25% silver/gold split males, 25% gold females, and 25% silver females. The offspring would probably vary from looking a lot like a buff or light Brahma to having partial or double lacing. You would not get as many mostly black chicks from this cross.
 
RoostersAreAwesome said:
Ah. If you used your silver/gold split rooster and a buff Brahma hen, you would get 25% gold males, 25% silver/gold split males, 25% gold females, and 25% silver females. The offspring would probably vary from looking a lot like a buff or light Brahma to having partial or double lacing. You would not get as many mostly black chicks from this cross.
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so only the males could potentially have the gold and silver if that happened, and very little of them would be black?
 
lilwanderer said:
so only the males could potentially have the gold and silver if that happened, and very little of them would be black?
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Yes, if you crossed your rooster who doesn’t have much black with a buff Brahma, he won’t produce a lot of black offspring. Hens can’t be silver/gold splits (the gene is sexlinked) so they can only be pure gold or pure silver.
 

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