Question about paint silkies

[Diana777]

I found a chart online that shows what colors you get from breeding a paint silkie to a chocolate silkie however I am wondering if this chart is accurate if the hen is a black that came from a paint pen. If I cross my black silkie hen to my chocolate rooster will I get paints or inly black roos and chocolate pullets?

 

[Debbie292d]

I had looked this up myself in the past as I have chocolates, and I have paints, so thought about breeding them to make chocolate paints.

I found the thread I had found back then, and someone interestingly attached the same chart. There is some misinformation there, but it's cleared up.

Blacks can't be split to paint, or carry a paint gene. When a black is bred to a dominate white, the chicks will be 100% paint, but by the combination of the two, not due to anything from the black one.

Your black silkie hen to a chocolate roo is going to be Chocolate pullets and Black split to Chocolate cockerels, no matter if your black hen came from a paint parent or not.

 

[Diana777]

I had looked this up myself in the past as I have chocolates, and I have paints, so thought about breeding them to make chocolate paints.

I found the thread I had found back then, and someone interestingly attached the same chart. There is some misinformation there, but it's cleared up.

Blacks can't be split to paint, or carry a paint gene. When a black is bred to a dominate white, the chicks will be 100% paint, but by the combination of the two, not due to anything from the black one.

Your black silkie hen to a chocolate roo is going to be Chocolate pullets and Black split to Chocolate cockerels, no matter if your black hen came from a paint parent or not.

Oh I see, thank you for the detailed explanation. I guess I will use the black girl for other projects then.