White Offspring from Multi-Colored Flock?

[Ridgerunner]

You are correct. I missed that the OP had two white hens and for some strange reason (happens more as I get older) thought that all his chickens were dark, not just the roosters. And you do need a statistically relevant number for the averages to work out. I ordered 6 straight run BO's from Cackle and got 7 pullets. Even the packing peanut was a pullet. The odds of that happening are less than 1%. (7 out of 7, 0.8%)

 

[possumqueen]

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GGHHAAAAA!!!! I wish I had YOUR luck, Ridgerunner!!!!!!!!! I could be a lottery winner tomorrow!

 

[wjallen05]

I got a solid black chick from a RIR roo and 236 White Leghorn hen. All the rest (almost 20) were white.

Genetics are amazing.

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

Hmm... Thanks you guys!! I ended up with 3 or 4 whites, and 4 or 5 light buffs. (I believe, because some of them are more yellow.)

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Well there are two possibilities.

Big letters are dominant, small letters are reccesive.

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The male has Dd

Th female has Dd

This means they are both heterozygous.
The offspring would be :

DD (dark ), Dd ( Dark) , dd (Light), and Dd dark. 25% light

2. The male ha Dd

The female has dd

The offspring would be Dd (dark), Dd (dark), dd (light) , dd light 50% light.

??? Are you meaning recessive white? That symbol is c+ (not-recessive white is C+, for coloured). My 50/50 was for the white hens bred with a heterozygous cock. Breed two hets together and you get the 25/50/25 percentages. Considering that the flock is mixed, you will get some variation in the numbers. Also, the probability is for each EGG, not exactly the same as the percent of all eggs combined. With large numbers the differences between these two meld together and become pretty indistinguishable.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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White hens are c/c. Bred to a bird het for recessive white (C+/c) you will get about 50% whites (c/c) and 50% not whites, but split for white (C+/c).

You are correct that two hets. would give ~ 25% c/c; 50% C+/c; 25% C+/C+.