Hey Chic,
I cant tell you much about the genetics for red and the silkie colors you asked about. I have only breed the Blues in either Jersey Giants or Old English so its about the only one I know. The black I get from the blue to blue breeding I put back over a splash or blue.I dont breed...
The lavender Gene and Blue Gene are totally different, Lavender(self blue) Gene breeds true
The other blues do not. I have some pics of self blue old english on my website check it out. These are beautiful birds they always breed true. www.cockadoodlecoops.com
Donald
Hey Hcammack,
I have a question for you after looking at your website. I bought some cuckoo marans from a hatchery about 4 months ago. I only kept a pair and sold the rest. They are the clean legged ones. My question is one of them has yellow legs and one white legs and I cant figure out if...
Thats one of the nice things about breeding blue is all the different colors you can get in your breeding. I seem to get the best looking laced blues from my Black Cock over a Splash hen. I also breed Self Blue Old English they breed 100% True. Thats what the forum is for everyone to learn from...
Blue x Blue = 50% blue 25% Black 25% Splash
Blue x Black = 50% Blue 50% Black
Black x Splash= 100% Blue
Splash x Splash= 100% Splash
Black x Black = 100% Black
The lavender gene which is the same as Self Blue gene breeds true. lavender x lavender = 100% lavender
Donald