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--Silver Mille Fleur, with Black/Blue/Splash After doing Cross A and Cross B (previous post), there is a good chance that you will have some Silver Mille Fleur chicks. Some of them may have blue, and some will show black. You can also use Silver Columbian chicks that came from Cross B. They...

In that case: I think you can use these to get Blue/silver Mille Fleur Cochin bantams, and mottled birds in blue. I would get some of the Mille Fleur bantam Cochin chicks. Of the current Cochin Bantam chicks, that should be carrying mottling but not showing it, I would pick out all pullets...

Hmm, interesting puzzle. Is that MF roo a Cochin or a d'Uccle?

For that exact example, it does not matter whether the original chocolate chicken is male or female. If you are crossing a chicken that shows chocolate (male or female) to a non-chocolate bird, all the sons will carry chocolate, no matter which direction you make the cross. Whether the...

Yes, they would be beautiful! Genetically speaking, it is much easier to breed solid-colored chickens than to breed good quality laced ones. I'm not sure if there are a different number of genes involved, or if the real difference is that solid colors do fine if you go to extremes (there is no...

The black bar caused by mottling is just "black" for purposes of dilution genes. It goes blue, or chocolate, or lavender, or white, along with any other black that happens to be on the chicken. The black lacing should go chocolate or blue, just like any other black would do. Yes, definitely...

Yes, it is often possible for large fowl roosters to mate with bantam hens without injuring or killing the hens. Artificial Insemination is also possible. You can do it either way. Overall, I don't think it will make much difference in how long the whole project takes. I would expect that to...

The only difference would be that they have different genes for size. All the other genes should work the same in all sizes of chickens. That includes feather colors, feather patterns, kind of feathers (silkie/frizzle/normal), comb type, feathered/clean feet, crest, muff/beard, 5th toe, egg...