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Cesar “CJ”:

--- Quote from: Hannah Brush on March 23, 2015, 03:17:10 PM ---Does anybody ever seen a chart like this for Wheaton. I would like to get a project started with them.

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I agree it would work the same.

Blue = Blue Wheaten
Black = Wheaten
Splash = Splash Wheaten

Don:
To me the Punnett square method is the best explanation. 
If you assign the Black = (BB), Blue =(Bb), one blue gene creates blue, and Splash as (bb), two blue genes.  Each of the parents contribute one color gene.  The result is a mathematical proportion, theoretically at least in large numbers.
IE,
Start with a black (BB) and Splash (bb), each offspring will get one B and one b,
     therefore all chicks will be (Bb) = 100% Blue.

With Blue (Bb) and Blue (Bb) matings
   Half of the chicks will get (Bb), 25% get (BB) and 25% (bb)

The last two are the ones in my mind that don't seem to make sense proportionally, but a bit more logical if you think about each gene in a punnett square matrix....
Splash (bb) and Blue (Bb)
50% of the offspring will get (bb) and 50% (Bb)

Black (BB) and Blue (Bb)
50% get (BB) and 50% (Bb)

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