What color is this cockerel?

[HorseGirlAbby]

This is Longtail, my EE cockerel. He and his brothers all have this coloring, and I was wondering what it was called. His half-sister is birchen, too. They all have the same dad, the Ameraucana, and EE moms.

Thank you in advance!

 

[cherrynberry]

@RoostersAreAwesome

 

[The Moonshiner]

It's just a mix of patterns.
Most call it black with leakage.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

It's just a mix of patterns.
Most call it black with leakage.

So, (this is a more complicated question) would only roosters have the gold leakage, and hens silver? So far this is true. Also, two pullets who are half Wyandotte are solid colored, and the one half-Wyandotte cockerel has gold leakage. Does this mean the gold color comes from the rooster or the hens? Sorry if this doesn't make much sense!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

So, (this is a more complicated question) would only roosters have the gold leakage, and hens silver? So far this is true. Also, two pullets who are half Wyandotte are solid colored, and the one half-Wyandotte cockerel has gold leakage. Does this mean the gold color comes from the rooster or the hens? Sorry if this doesn't make much sense!

He looks like he has “golden” leakage, which comes from having the silver gene and the gold gene. Hens can only have a silver gene or a gold gene, which is why their leakage is different in this case.

Pullets always get gold or silver from their father, never from their mother. Cockerels get a gene from their father and a gene from their mother.

 

[The Moonshiner]

No you can't make a sex link cross where the males have gold and the females silver.
That cockerel isn't showing gold. He is showing what many call "golden" and you can make a cross where the males are golden and females silver.
It requires a silver rooster over gold hens. Is that what your rooster and hens are that produced them?
Silver/gold is sex linked. Males get a gene from each parent so they can be silver/silver, gold/gold or silver/gold. Silver is dominate over gold so a silver/silver and silver/gold cockerel will look the same at hatch. Silver is dominate but it will let gold leak a little so a silver/gold male will look yellowish instead of white like a silver once it gets a few months old. It usually does take quite a while to turn yellowish.
Being sex linked pullets only get one copy so they're either silver or gold never both. Female only get a gene from their fathers and only pass theirs to their sons.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

The rooster is a blue Ameraucana, and the hens are either Silver-laced Wyandotte, Delaware, or EE.
The rooster ^

EE hens ^

EE hen, hatched two eggs ^

The only half-Wyandotte cockerel, blue with gold leakage. ^
In the past couple days, one of the EE cockerels has gotten silver leakage, not gold. He was previously all black. The half-Delaware cockerel is black with gold leakage, too. He's a bit more yellow than Longtail. If this is too confusing, I can try to reword it.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

All the chicks that hatched, genders and colors.

Longtail- cockerel, black with gold leakage, EE mom
Pepper- cockerel, black with gold leakage, Delaware mom
Blackie- cockerel, black with silver leakage, EE mom
Tiny- cockerel, blue with gold leakage, Wyandotte mom
Holly- pullet, black with silver leakage, EE mom
Sue- pullet, black with silver birchen, EE mom
Ivy- pullet, blue, Wyandotte mom
Mohawk- pullet, blue, Wyandotte mom

Hopefully this makes a bit more sense!

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

It's been a while since anyone replied, so just seeing if ya'll are still interested!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

The rooster is a blue Ameraucana, and the hens are either Silver-laced Wyandotte, Delaware, or EE.View attachment 2800582
The rooster ^
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EE hens ^
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EE hen, hatched two eggs ^
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The only half-Wyandotte cockerel, blue with gold leakage. ^
In the past couple days, one of the EE cockerels has gotten silver leakage, not gold. He was previously all black. The half-Delaware cockerel is black with gold leakage, too. He's a bit more yellow than Longtail. If this is too confusing, I can try to reword it.

The half wyandotte cockerel also appears to have “golden” (both gold and silver) leakage.