What Color is This Roo?

[Cimmaron]

Anyone know what color, genetically, this guy is? He's Easter Egger and with different colored hens he's produced everything from blue to silver to different shades of red and brown.

He's obviously a mutt, but just curious about what genetics are going on here!

 

[Cimmaron]

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[DobieLover]

All EEs are mutts, but do we care? He's some serious eye candy!

 

[sylviethecochin]

I see duckwing or wheaten with at least one silver gene and a mahogany modifier.

I've gotten similar-looking birds by crossing the silver duckwing male in my profile pic with a red cochin bantam (She's completely red: wheaten with a dark brown modifier and mahogany. Not Wheaten Columbian, like an RIR). They even had the messy black/white chest feathering.

 

[nicalandia]

I see duckwing or wheaten with at least one silver gene and a mahogany modifier.

Good observations, I also see recessive mottling on the breast and underside(but not on the tail which is quite interesting). More pics would help identify other genes too

 

[Cimmaron]

It sounds like he probably has a lot of different color genes going on, which would explain the diversity of colors I've seen in his offspring. Bred to a blue Easter Egger and blue Andalusian he produced 3 out of 3 blue chicks. Bred to the typical red Easter Egger hens he produced different shades of red and brown, and 4 that look Silver? Aside from the two buff Orpingtons, all the birds in these pictures are his offspring from red hens.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I've seen several similar crosses that were the result of white columbian (like in light brahmas) X red.

 

[Amer]

I see duckwing or wheaten with at least one silver gene and a mahogany modifier.

I've gotten similar-looking birds by crossing the silver duckwing male in my profile pic with a red cochin bantam (She's completely red: wheaten with a dark brown modifier and mahogany. Not Wheaten Columbian, like an RIR). They even had the messy black/white chest feathering.

That sounds about right.
Duckwing/wheaten cross, heterozygous for silver, mahogany modifier is my guess.

 

[Amer]

Good observations, I also see recessive mottling on the breast and underside(but not on the tail which is quite interesting). More pics would help identify other genes too

I don't know about mottling. Some dark Brahma males have this. Could it be a lack of a melaniser or just what happens when you have those color varieties? I don't know.

 

[Amer]

It sounds like he probably has a lot of different color genes going on, which would explain the diversity of colors I've seen in his offspring. Bred to a blue Easter Egger and blue Andalusian he produced 3 out of 3 blue chicks. Bred to the typical red Easter Egger hens he produced different shades of red and brown, and 4 that look Silver? Aside from the two buff Orpingtons, all the birds in these pictures are his offspring from red hens.
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The Andalusian and possibly the blue EE probably have silver, and he expresses a copy as well, so that cross should produce silver roosters, golden roosters, silver hens, and some gold hens, unless he doesn't express the gene for gold like I thought.