Hi all,
So I recently fell in love with Olandsk Dwarfs. They are so pretty, and I just love the mille fleur coloring! They are a pretty scarce breed, so I am considering breeding them to the SOP and selling eggs and chicks. However, I also love colored eggs, and I was thinking of having a separate breeding pen to make blue egg laying Olandsks
Genetics are complicated, so I thought I would ask for some input here. What breeds would you use to cross them with? I would love to keep the mille fleur coloring, but a variety of feather patterns would be acceptable to me as well. Blue eggs are my ideal goal, but I suppose "Easter Egger Olandsks" would sell pretty well too!
Genetics time: So I am thinking I need a homozygous blue egg gene, so Araucana, Ameraucana, and Whiting True Blues are my breed options. There are bantam versions of the Araucana and Ameraucana, but I don't like the rumpless Araucana, so I'm leaning towards using bantam Ameraucanas. How dominant is the gene for muffs and beards? I'm not sure I would like that in the blue egging Olandsks.
I would love to breed them with Whiting True Blues, but since the Blues are a standard sized hen, I'm not sure the Olandsk roo would be able to successfully breed with a larger hen. What do you think? This would be the ideal cross in my opinion.
Thank you, any advice or input is much appreciated!
So I recently fell in love with Olandsk Dwarfs. They are so pretty, and I just love the mille fleur coloring! They are a pretty scarce breed, so I am considering breeding them to the SOP and selling eggs and chicks. However, I also love colored eggs, and I was thinking of having a separate breeding pen to make blue egg laying Olandsks
Genetics are complicated, so I thought I would ask for some input here. What breeds would you use to cross them with? I would love to keep the mille fleur coloring, but a variety of feather patterns would be acceptable to me as well. Blue eggs are my ideal goal, but I suppose "Easter Egger Olandsks" would sell pretty well too!
Genetics time: So I am thinking I need a homozygous blue egg gene, so Araucana, Ameraucana, and Whiting True Blues are my breed options. There are bantam versions of the Araucana and Ameraucana, but I don't like the rumpless Araucana, so I'm leaning towards using bantam Ameraucanas. How dominant is the gene for muffs and beards? I'm not sure I would like that in the blue egging Olandsks.
I would love to breed them with Whiting True Blues, but since the Blues are a standard sized hen, I'm not sure the Olandsk roo would be able to successfully breed with a larger hen. What do you think? This would be the ideal cross in my opinion.
Thank you, any advice or input is much appreciated!