Does a English White × Pharaoh pairing breed true?

Yes. Every chick from this pairing carries the same color genes as the parents, so the pen breeds true.

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English White × Pharaoh: What Color Chicks Do You Get?

Every chick from this pairing is a Tuxedo-type Pharaoh.

The hatch, chick by chick

Chick looks like	Carries, but does not show	Egg shell (hens)	Share of hatch
Tuxedo-type Pharaoh	—	Normal	100%

Tuxedo-type Pharaoh: A single dose of white spotting shows as partial white — bibs, belly patches, odd white primaries. How much white it puts on a bird varies a great deal, so expect a spread rather than a matched set.

What each parent brings

English White

Two doses of white spotting. White × white breeds white reliably; crossed to anything else it hands every chick a single dose, which is where tuxedo-patterned birds come from.

Built on recessive white spotting: two copies produce the mostly-white bird. Because the gene masks whatever color lies beneath, English White × colored crosses can throw surprises in later generations as hidden colors resurface. White × white breeds white reliably.

Full English White guide →

Pharaoh (Wild Type)

The wild type — no color mutations at all. Every other variety is described by how it changes Pharaoh.

This is the reference genome — no color mutations at all, which is exactly why serious breeders keep a Pharaoh line running. Every dilute and pattern gene is described by how it changes Pharaoh. Crossing anything back to Pharaoh is the standard way to stabilize a wobbly line.

Full Pharaoh (Wild Type) guide →

What this assumes

Both parents are exactly what they are sold as. A bird carrying a hidden recessive — roux, celadon, white spotting — changes these numbers. Recessive carriers are invisible, which is the whole reason surprises happen.
These are per-chick probabilities, not a quota. A 50/50 split does not mean half your hatch of ten will be each. Small hatches swing hard; the ratios show up over dozens of chicks, not eight.
Coturnix inheritance is debated and varies by line. The modes used here are the ones consistently reported by breeders, and they match what our own variety guide says — but verify against your own stock before you plan a season around it.
Color only. Size, lay rate and temperament come from line selection, not from these genes.

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Other pairings keepers ask about

Celadon × English White Celadon × Pharaoh English White × English White English White × Manchurian Gold English White × Italian English White × Rosetta English White × Roux English White × Tibetan

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