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I was puzzling this one over last night and the way I understand it, now, is that the black is the recesive gene and the splash is the dominant gene. When a chicken receives a black and a splash, however, it causes the blue coloring. I think this is still a partially incomplete understanding...

The Blue Australorps are looking like a good option for me. My folks will be my primary chicken sitters if I go away for a weekend, and Mom was bugging me about a Golden Laced Wyandote we had, when I was a kid, that she named Penny. She wanted me to get one and, since she will be a major helper...

Oh! I missed that in the previous post you made. So even if I got all blue hens and a blue rooster from a hatchery, any chicks raised could potentially be black or splash?

Hmmm... I'l have to read up on that later. I was guessing the black is a dominant gene, but it would seem there is more to it.

Do I understand right that the offspring of a blue and a black will be black, but will have a blue gene?

You know, after looking at some pics of the Blue Australorps, I am kind of tempted to try them instead

Thanks @3KillerBs Any reason to think Welp's Black Australorps will lay any differently than their Blues?

I did look at them, and they are a close second or third to Australorps. The Delawares from Deer Run Farm also are tempting. I am more interested in egg production, so the Australorps seem a better fit.

Hello all, I have been researching a lot of different breeds for a dual purpose flock, about 8 hens and a rooster, that I want to establish this spring. After looking hard at Delawares and New Hampshires, I ultimately think a breed that is geared more towards laying will be a better fit for me...