Blue x Black = Black??

[nicalandia]

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you are correct, the numbers are just too small and I would not be surprised if he hatched 10 and got 10 blacks, thats how numbers work, as he hatches larger quantities he gets closer and closer to the "Law of Large Numbers" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_large_numbers

 

[Rancho Bravo]

I do understand that my sample size is small, as I mentioned in the original post. I was just wondering if there was anything else at play that I wasn't aware of that would make the chicks black.

Coincidentally, does anyone know how the black of Jersey Giants is constructed genetically?

 

[BB Hood]

Oddly, I just had a similar situation. Out of 8 eggs from a blue australorp roo and black australorp hen I got 2 that didn't hatch, 5 black chicks and one blue that died soon after hatching. I was wondering if there was a defect possibly linked to the blue gene.

I have 21 more due to hatch in 3 days. I'll update on the numbers then.