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Figured I'd post here too... just in case. I've decided to get out of the self blues in preference to a couple other (recognized) varieties, so am offering my self blue breeding pen and chicks for sale. The breeding pen consists of a pair of black/self blues (sq) and one self blue hen from...

Quote: self blue is a recessive color that requires both parents to carry it. looks like what you've got is blue, which is a dominant gene requiring only one parent to carry it to pass it along. one copy of the gene results in blue, 2 copies (1 from each parent) will give you splash. these...

very nice. wish i was that far along, but we had a raccoon problem in july that set me back a couple months... so now my only 3 self blue chicks, 1 is about 6 weeks, the other 2 about 3 weeks. 2 cockerels and a pullet. we'll see how they develop.

ok well here's an update. 8) so far this summer my self blue split pen has produced: 5 black, 6 self blue. I thought I had 7 self blue, but 1 was a doppelganger. the family portrait from the 'blue pen', plus a couple 'adopted' cochins from the mille fleur pen. the newest self blue...

well, crossing fingers, i just set 11 more eggs today, 5 from my split girls and 6 from my sb girl, all with a split roo... i've got 6 more cooking, 1 hatching now... depending on what i get, i may have some self blues available down the road maybe. 8) hoping the conformation is as good as...

is the trio young? pullet eggs sometimes have that going against them... as for fertility, try trimming the fluff below the cock's vent and above the hen's vent... that might help the fertility issues. it also helps if the roo LIKES his girls. LOL i've got one hen that only likes my...

and here's another pic. self blue 'take two'... or is it 'seeing double'?

the first of many i hope.

nope autosomal dominant

it's also been identified as a dominant gene, so would pass along to the offspring as well. so NOT something you want to deal with.

i keep just about everything until at least 8 weeks old, unless it's eggs from a swap of a breed i'm not interested in for more than selling the chicks... by then you can usually get an idea of what you're working on, but usually I don't sort them much until about 12 weeks (or more with the...

Quote: i would suggest starting with some cochins that have good type, and getting at least 1 self blue to breed into the other colors, if you can't start with self blues to begin with. if you can't find decent birds locally, there are usually a number of breeders around the country that are...

congrats! i just picked up my first self blue hen to go with my splits last weekend! can't wait to put her in the pen, but we'll see what we get with my first attempt at AI. LOL i couldn't wait.

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Someone linked this thread for me, and it's been an interesting read. 8) I have a trio of nice black splits that have just started laying but are in a mixed flock at the moment until I finish another pen... not enough hours in a day. I'm looking to add some more, even possibly a self blue...