Chicken bald back

[sarabb4]

Hello!

I have an extremity hazy knowledge of genetics.. Can anyone help please?

I have read a little on this an other forums. I have one little chick who I believe is the offspring of a pure breed pekin cockerel and a pure breed Wyandotte hen. Should I already be able to tell the chick's sex by it's markings? He/she is 10days old and is mainly yellow with a couple of black/grey stripes on back and already has the pencil lacing of the Wyandotte on the wings.

Also does anyone know the colouring produced by a black pekin hen and a gold partridge cockerel? Would it be black?

Thank you in anticipation!x

I've had a quick look at the Menkel(?!) genetics calculator but it doesn't seem to include the breeds I'm discussing.,,are there any other similar charts?

[mimi5]

Ah sarabb4, how is your lone chick??

 

I don't think you can have a sex link in pekins....well I don't believe so anyway Your black to partridge will probably produce partridge, but I guess it depends on their parentage too???

 

Did any of your other eggs hatch?? My babies are 3 & 1/2 weeks old now and growing fast!!!! Going to try a post pics this weekend to get helpful eyes on how many girls and how many boys (I think I've 5 boys and 3 girls )

[sarabb4]

Hi Mimi

The chick is doing very well!! Always surprised by how independent they are so quickly!

I didn't think you could get pekins sex-linked either- but this thing did come up on Google about a wyandotte crossed with a pekin - a pekadotte- which I think is what my chick is!..

Ah- nice to hear a partridge crossed with black may produce a partridge- I know nothing about colour crossing!

Glad you got at least a couple of ladies- look forward to seeing pics.. Afraid I've failed the posting pics on here test! I can't seem to do it!