Will the mottling show?

[sekeyslaks]

I’m going to be receiving a young Speckled Sussex cockerel from a friend who needs him gone and I know that mottling in Speckled Sussex is recessive so his mottling won’t show up if I bred him with many of the breeds I have,but I do have both Speckled Sussex and Ancona hens I could pair with him.If I pair him with the Ancona’s will the resulting babies be mottled?or do Ancona’s have a different mottling?Here is one of my hens and the rooster for reference(P.S.
he is wearing a crow collar under his hackles,that's why they look weird) .

 

[Cecisflock]

Ahh yes chicken genetics! theoretically yes, the chicks will be speckled and look something like this:

but there are ALWAYS exceptions to this with poultry. Good lucky!

 

[sekeyslaks]

Ahh yes chicken genetics! theoretically yes, the chicks will be speckled and look something like this: View attachment 2505054 but there are ALWAYS exceptions to this with poultry. Good lucky!

Thank you for replying, I just posted a pic of the boy!Is the Paint/Pied gene a possibility? I know that that sometimes comes from mottled breeds?

 

[sekeyslaks]

Anyone want to chip in?

 

[Cecisflock]

Thank you for replying, I just posted a pic of the boy!Is the Paint/Pied gene a possibility? I know that that sometimes comes from mottled breeds?

well now looking at the picture of your boy i dont think the chicks will be that light colored But i still believe there will be some mottling

 

[sekeyslaks]

well now looking at the picture of your boy i dont think the chicks will be that light colored But i still believe there will be some mottling

I bet his babies will be black,such a dominant color..I’ll try to get a better picture of him in the sun today.

 

[SpotTheCat]

As far as I know you will get black mottled birds.

Ahh yes chicken genetics! theoretically yes, the chicks will be speckled and look something like this: View attachment 2505054 but there are ALWAYS exceptions to this with poultry. Good lucky!

I am still learning chicken genetics so I might be wrong but I don’t think that is what you will get.

 

[Cecisflock]

As far as I know you will get black mottled birds.

I am still learning chicken genetics so I might be wrong but I don’t think that is what you will get.

just a guess heck if i know

 

[SpotTheCat]

http://www.edelras.nl/chickengenetics/mutations1.html
http://kippenjungle.nl/chickencalculator.html
These might help.

 

[SpotTheCat]

just a guess heck if i know

Next time please say you are not sure it is correct .