Need advice on Orpington colour Genetics!

[Brianna245]

Hi fellow genetic lovers, I have a black split lavender Orpington rooster, and I hatched 7 of his offspring, one of which was from a buff Orpington hen. The chick is a dark brown with buff colour leaking through. Would this chick carry the lavender gene and be considered a split? and what would be the best crossing for it and what colours would I get? Thanks for any advice!

 

[The Moonshiner]

If your rooster is black split to Lavender and none of your hens are lavender or split to Lavender then every chick has a 50% chance of being split to Lavender. You will have no idea which ones carry the lavender gene and which ones do not.

 

[Brianna245]

If your rooster is black split to Lavender and none of your hens are lavender or split to Lavender then every chick has a 50% chance of being split to Lavender. You will have no idea which ones carry the lavender gene and which ones do not.

I have pure lavender hens as well, and hatched out black splits and pure lavenders from them! I am just curious on the buff cross

 

[The Moonshiner]

I have pure lavender hens as well, and hatched out black splits and pure lavenders from them! I am just curious on the buff cross

There isn't any way of knowing with the cross to the buff hen.
The rooster has one lavender gene and one non-lavender gene. He's gonna pass on one of the two but since one lavender gene doesn't express itself. There no way of knowing until it gets old enough to test breed it to something.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hi fellow genetic lovers, I have a black split lavender Orpington rooster, and I hatched 7 of his offspring, one of which was from a buff Orpington hen. The chick is a dark brown with buff colour leaking through. Would this chick carry the lavender gene and be considered a split? and what would be the best crossing for it and what colours would I get? Thanks for any advice!
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When you say “best crossing for it”, what do you mean? What’s your definition of “best”? Do you want more of that pattern, lavenders, or?

 

[Brianna245]

When you say “best crossing for it”, what do you mean? What’s your definition of “best”? Do you want more of that pattern, lavenders, or?

What you cross to bring back solid lavender or buff I suppose, it’s confusing me

 

[Brianna245]

There isn't any way of knowing with the cross to the buff hen.
The rooster has one lavender gene and one non-lavender gene. He's gonna pass on one of the two but since one lavender gene doesn't express itself. There no way of knowing until it gets old enough to test breed it to something.

That’s kind of what I was thinking, gotta wait it out! thanks for the help

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

What you cross to bring back solid lavender or buff I suppose, it’s confusing me

For solid lavender (assuming you don’t have a lavender hen), crossing the split father to his daughters will probably give you lavenders if you hatch enough chicks. The one chick having buff coloring doesn’t mean it carries lavender or doesn’t, just means it has some genes for the buff coloration. If you want solid buff probably best to cross buff to buff.