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I have hatched out 10 chicks from a Black Orpington rooster and a Speckled Sussex hen. I have a project I'd like to do with them. I expected to get all black chicks, but I have hatched 8 black chicks and two chipmunk chicks. See photo below:
Can anyone explain this to me? Isn't black dominant and shouldn't it cover anything in the Sussex gene pool? The chicken calculator says they will all be black.
Can anyone explain this to me? Isn't black dominant and shouldn't it cover anything in the Sussex gene pool? The chicken calculator says they will all be black.