How to get the "Best Blue" (in your opinion)

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Lots A Cluckin

Lots A Cluckin

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Hi there! I have been breeding Blue English Orpingtons for 4 years now and I know the genetics of the BBS. I would like to see pictures of your best blue birds and what color their parents were. I know with blues there are lots of different shades of blue and many different degrees of lacing. I personally prefer a nice silvery blue with dark thick lacing. This year has been the best year for my blues so far and I am really starting to see the results of my trying to get the "perfect blue" but I am still working on improving their color!

I would love to see your beautiful blues!

Ayslen Redmon
Lots 'A' Cluckin' Farm


Here are a few of my favorite blues from my spring of 2014 hatches





 
Every breeder of blue poultry that I have spoken with says to breed blue to blue and cull/sell off all the splash and blacks so you raise more blues. Also, many feel the they should be silver based birds rather than gold.
 
rainbowrooster said:
Every breeder of blue poultry that I have spoken with says to breed blue to blue and cull/sell off all the splash and blacks so you raise more blues. Also, many feel the they should be silver based birds rather than gold.
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Oh yes! If you had gold based blues they would have tons of red/gold leakage on their feathers...when breeding blues they HAVE to be silver based.
 
I know this is an older thread. However, I am just looking to get started with breeding blue orpingtons and wanted to say thank you for the beautiful examples. I'm trying to develop some sense of what a quality bird should look like.
 

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