Wyandotte genetics fun with colours sex linkage

[Thatothercrazychickenlady]

Hey guys,
I was reading up on the sex linking genes in Wyandotte’s and was wondering what the outcome would be let’s say if the Roos parents are goldxsilver and the hens being silverxgold. I’ve been reading up on it and people say the birds won’t be set up genetically for sex linkage. What does that mean in the way of chicks for that pairing? Would it be possible to get both colours of hens and Roos? Or would it mean the colours would mix in both genders?
Excited to hear your answers and experiences.

 

[Cyprus]

There would be no sex linkage with the hens and with this cross. You'd get a mix of pure gold, pure silver and mixed colors in both genders.

 

[The Moonshiner]

The only way to get sex links is to breed a gold rooster with silver hens. The offspring will be gold pullets and cockerels that look silver.
Any way you cross the colors the male chicks will be split and carry both colors but appear silver at hatch. As they mature they will look silver but the white will turn yellowish.
Pullets and hens can't be split. They will always be one or the other. And they will be which ever color their father is. If their father is split and has both colors he will produce both colored pullets.
Cockerel chicks will get one copy of which ever their mother is and then they'll get one gene from the two genes their father has.
Gold rooster over silver hens = gold pullets and split cockerels.
Silver rooster over gold hens = silver pullets and split cockerels
Split rooster over gold hens = gold and silver pullets and gold and split cockerels
Split rooster over silver hens = gold and silver pullets and silver and split cockerels
Make sense?

 

[Thatothercrazychickenlady]

The only way to get sex links is to breed a gold rooster with silver hens. The offspring will be gold pullets and cockerels that look silver.
Any way you cross the colors the male chicks will be split and carry both colors but appear silver at hatch. As they mature they will look silver but the white will turn yellowish.
Pullets and hens can't be split. They will always be one or the other. And they will be which ever color their father is. If their father is split and has both colors he will produce both colored pullets.
Cockerel chicks will get one copy of which ever their mother is and then they'll get one gene from the two genes their father has.
Gold rooster over silver hens = gold pullets and split cockerels.
Silver rooster over gold hens = silver pullets and split cockerels
Split rooster over gold hens = gold and silver pullets and gold and split cockerels
Split rooster over silver hens = gold and silver pullets and silver and split cockerels
Make sense?

Yes my question was more directed towards what the offsprings are like without the sex linkage as I’m not trying to sex link but was hoping to make more silver laced as they are uncommon in my area. Both parents are supposedly hatchery bred so I’m assuming their parents were bred for sex linkage so if sex link gene only works for one generation and you can’t sex link sexlinks then I was wondering if it be possible for me to get silver pullets as well as cockerels, if everyone will just end up being Gold laced or if it’ll mess with the colours. Ideally I’d have a silver rooster to help out but they are uncommon in the area.

 

[Cyprus]

Yes my question was more directed towards what the offsprings are like without the sex linkage as I’m not trying to sex link but was hoping to make more silver laced as they are uncommon in my area. Both parents are supposedly hatchery bred so I’m assuming their parents were bred for sex linkage so if sex link gene only works for one generation and you can’t sex link sexlinks then I was wondering if it be possible for me to get silver pullets as well as cockerels, if everyone will just end up being Gold laced or if it’ll mess with the colours. Ideally I’d have a silver rooster to help out but they are uncommon in the area.

Hatcheries don't usually breed wyandottes for sex linkage by color. Rather, they breed for wing sexing.
If you have two silvers, breeding them together will produce 100% Silvers.

 

[The Moonshiner]

The silver in silver laced and the gold in gold laced is what's sex linked.
You don't need to worry about whether you are or aren't breeding for sex links it just happens to be sex linked genes.
I wrote what crosses produce what colors. I would of been more specific to your exact situation if I knew what it was. You post just included a rooster with crossed parents bred to a hen with crossed parents. Wasn't sure which was which in the original pairings so wasn't commenting. You can also cross offspring back to parents which i was unsure if was an option.
If you have specific questions is be glad to try and help but my first post should give you your answers.