what colour would you get if....?

[kezabel]

What colour chicks would I get if my partridge silkie rooster mated with my black silkie hen?

 

[countrygurl]

Probably black, I believe that black is the dominant gene. But don't quote me on that. : )

 

[RAREROO]

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Yep they should be mostly black but probably with some gold leakage.

 

[arabianequine]

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Yep they should be mostly black but probably with some gold leakage.

That would be pretty!

 

[pdsavage]

yep the chicken calculator say black
http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html

 

[kezabel]

thanks guys

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

It depends. The chicken calculator makes assumptions that are not always accurate in real life. Different genes are NOT dominant or recessive to each other. Different alleles of the SAME gene are. Black can be built on any E-allele except e^Wh. Partridge (assuming you mean penciled as in wyandottes, cochins, silkies, etc.) is e^b Pg.

If the black is e^b based, you will end up with a partridge bird with poorer (incomplete) penciling. If the black is E based, yes, the offspring will be black, and probably lacking sufficient melanizers to prevent leakage.

 

[Henk69]

On most breeds, black leaking gold is not pretty...

Sonoran, like the double denial grammar.