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Roux × Roux: What Color Chicks Do You Get?

Every chick from this pairing is a Roux dilute.

The hatch, chick by chick

Chick looks likeCarries, but does not showEgg shell (hens)Share of hatch
Roux dilute—Normal100%

What each parent brings

Roux Dilute

Simple recessive, homozygous. Two visibly roux parents breed 100% roux.

Roux is a simple recessive on its own locus — a bird needs two copies to show it. Two visibly roux parents breed 100% roux. A roux bird bred to a non-carrier gives normal-looking chicks that ALL carry roux, and carrier × carrier throws about a quarter roux — which is why red-eyed chicks 'appear from nowhere' in coveys that quietly carry it.

Full Roux Dilute 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 × RouxEnglish White × RouxManchurian Gold × RouxItalian × RouxPharaoh × RouxRosetta × RouxRoux × TibetanRoux × Tuxedo
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