Wyandotte genetics - colour

[Kathryn173]

Could someone thats good with colours help here...
I have a few sex linked GLW hens (gold roo over a silver hen, both pure colour lines)
If I got a GLW roo to breed to the hens would they breed pure GLW chicks or would there be silver in them or would it just be a mess.
Thanks for any help

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

Okay, If you mix them you will most likely get Silver Roosters and Gold Hens

 

[Kathryn173]

I did mix them and have the gold hens from the hatch...I want to know what colours to expect if I cross them back to a gold roo...they will have 3/4 gold breeding

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

Okay, most likely you would get more golds then

 

[The Moonshiner]

Your gold hens are pure for gold and will produce all pure for gold offspring when bred to a gold rooster.
Gold and silver are sex linked which means hens can only carry one gene for it.
They can only be one or the other. They can't carry a gene for each like a male can.
If females show gold they're gold and only gold.
If they show silver they are silver and only silver.

 

[Kathryn173]

Thanks for explaining that, really helpful...had tried with the chicken calculator it couldnt get my head round it...will get them a gold roo then, since they seem like good enough birds