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I am doing this project with a target to create a grayIno

pair 1 : Black Gray male X creamIno hen - got two males and one hen. will keep the males for next gen. I am little confused on the color. are they chocolates or black grays ? If they are chocolates, they should be split to black gray and creamIno together. If they are black grays, they shoulld be split to creamIno.

pair 2 : Fawn male X creamIno hen - got two chestnut chicks and two fawn chicks, almost every chick has a pied spot somewhere. Not happy with the result. Will not use the offspring for breeding. Will pair this hen with the split males from pair-1. If they also give pieds, then this hen has to be out of breeding project.

pair 3 : black gray X creamIno hen - got this pair recently. It looked like black gray when i got him, but looking like darkest chocolate to black gray. Not sure about his color. But super excited on what they produce.

will keep this thread posted

I take it that you are talking about black throats
or parsons.
I don't think we have the grey mutation here so I can't really comment.

Craig - the subject is under - Foreign finches - Society.
SSK Pied is very very common in Societies. You are going to find that many carry it.
Not sure of the genetics of Black - gray birds as they are pretty hard to find here.
But very interested in seeing pics of the parents and their chicks, once coloured.

Thanks fb but still don't the inheritance of bengo mutations mentioned

added a third creamIno hen and euro chocolate self society male to this plan. Hopefully in couple of seasons, I should get some nice creamInos and GrayInos.

CHOCOLATE - dominant (normal form)
CHESTNUT - dominant to fawn, recessive to chocolate
FAWN - recessive to chocolate & chestnut
DILUTE FAWN - recessive to chocolate & chestnut
DILUTE CHESTNUT (silver) - dominant to fawn, recessive to chocolate
BLACK BROWN - selectively bred chocolates with darker color
BLACK GREY - autosomal recessive (chocolate x grey)
RED BROWN (fox red) - selectively bred fawns with darker color
RED GREY - autosomal recessive (fawn x grey)
PEARL - sexlinked recessive
CLEAR WING - selectively bred dilutes
CREAMINO - sexlinked recessive
GREYINO - sexlinked recessive (grey x creamino)
ALBINO - autosomal recessive
DARK EYED WHITE - autosomal recessive (clear pied)
MARKED WHITE - dominant form of pied
MOTTLED PIED - autosomal recessive form of pied

Finally found the above information.
So pair 3 in your 1st post are your best bet for achieving your intention.