White Leghorn Roo x Exchequer leghorn hen??

[Sammie21]

I’m replacing my roosters this summer and had a large breeding project. My main rooster is a RIR x WL and one of his chicks from my exchequer leghorn is a silver/gray color. Could I possibly breed gray leghorns from this chick or will it pass on mottled or white genes? The chick is still in the incubator but I will upload pictures when I take him out.

 

[Sammie21]

I’m replacing my roosters this summer and had a large breeding project. My main rooster is a RIR x WL and one of his chicks from my exchequer leghorn is a silver/gray color. Could I possibly breed gray leghorns from this chick or will it pass on mottled or white genes? The chick is still in the incubator but I will upload pictures when I take him out.

Update: I now have 3 silver chicks. Two from the exchequer leghorn hen and 1 from a brown leghorn hen. They all have varying degrees of silver. I will keep updating!!

 

[NatJ]

I’m replacing my roosters this summer and had a large breeding project. My main rooster is a RIR x WL and one of his chicks from my exchequer leghorn is a silver/gray color. Could I possibly breed gray leghorns from this chick or will it pass on mottled or white genes?

For any chick with the Exchequer Leghorn mother, it will have one gene for mottling, and can pass that on to its own chicks. That will be true for white chicks and any other chicks, as well as for silver chicks.

Whether a silver chick can pass on white genes will depend on what is causing the silver color. That may become more obvious as the chicks grow their feathers.

Update: I now have 3 silver chicks. Two from the exchequer leghorn hen and 1 from a brown leghorn hen. They all have varying degrees of silver. I will keep updating!!

I'm looking forward to seeing them as they grow