White rooster question on babies

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

If he is breed to white though it will be white?

If you're talking about breeding him to hens that are pure white, like another White Rock or a White Leghorn, etc, then yes, their offspring should be all white. Breeding him to a dominant white breed like White Leghorn may result in some flecks of color or color leakage showing through in the offspring.

If you're talking about breeding him to hens that are mostly white, like Columbian patterning, then what they produce depends on what genes he could be hiding underneath his white coloring. Most likely his offspring with such a hen will not be pure white, though.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Agree if both parents are solid white. Recessive white to recessive white should give solid white. Dominant white to dominant white should give solid white. Recessive white to dominant white should give solid white. With any of these there is always a chance of leakage, especially recessive to dominant. The possibility of leakage is something that's always present especially when you don't know what else may be present.

The white from a Columbia chicken like a Delaware is from Silver, not Recessive or Dominant White. If you cross Dominant White to Columbian you should get a solid white chick regardless of which is the father or mother. It gets interesting when the rooster is Recessive White mated to a Columbian hen. If he has Silver hiding under that Recessive White, you should get chicks that look like the Columbian pattern, white with black trim. But if he has gold hiding under that Recessive White you get red sex link chicks. The girls will be red and the boys will be white with the Columbian pattern.

Now the disclaimers. This assumes the birds are pure for the genes in question, that they are not mixed. That is not always the case and you usually can't tell by looking. Also, there are some genetics out there that could do some strange things, there are always exceptions to anything. But what I've said is what I'd expect in the vast majority of the cases.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I have a white Cochin hen. Pure.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Also, there are some genetics out there that could do some strange things, there are always exceptions to anything. But what I've said is what I'd expect in the vast majority of the cases.

My recessive white pheonixes are this bold part. Looking at them, you wouldn't know what the heck you're trying to see

 

[Ridgerunner]

My recessive white pheonixes are this bold part. Looking at them, you wouldn't know what the heck you're trying to see

No photos? This sounds like fun.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

No photos? This sounds like fun.

I didn't wanna confuse OP by posting birds that weren't what they were looking for. The spoiler has one of the females though)

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[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I have a white Cochin hen. Pure.

White Cochins are recessive white, so breeding her to a White Rock (also recessive white) would produce 100% pure white offspring.

I didn't wanna confuse OP by posting birds that weren't what they were looking for. The spoiler has one of the females though)

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Oh, that's that weird recessive white that's like... really testing my memory of obscure genetics I've randomly come across, here... A mutation of mottled (mo) instead of the more common recessive white gene (c), right?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

White Cochins are recessive white, so breeding her to a White Rock (also recessive white) would produce 100% pure white offspring.




Oh, that's that weird recessive white that's like... really testing my memory of obscure genetics I've randomly come across, here... A mutation of mottled (mo) instead of the more common recessive white gene (c), right?

Nope. It's a mutation of one of the genes responsible for wild type coloring if I remember the article correctly. It acts recessive, but obviously isn't the same as recessive white since it doesn't cover everything up and hasn't in any white I've hatched

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Well shoot, never heard of that one! Got a link?