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Birchen is on the E-locus (E(R)) and is dominant, so all the chicks should have the proper pattern, if the hens are solid color and not harboring other pattern genes. Breeding blue to splash will give 50% blue and 50% splash offspring - with the splash likely being very light in color.

Dave, how are your various projects going? I do miss my little bantams, they were such pretty birds.

The frizzle hen was from a frizzle roo over smooth hens, at least that is what I was told - she actually was quite respectable looking until the first time she went broody - here is a pullet pic of her

They take up very little room

My LB bantam roo and one of the pullets - I wish his type was better, but he is quite small and a cute little fellow.

mibirder said exactly what I think as well. The BR roo and hen of Countryboy's are the best marked large fowl Cochins I have seen in that color, and since they are rare it will take time for breeders to correct the color issues seen in these color birds. In addition, it is wise to try to...

My LB's are pretty, but I have to say the BR's have been a big bonus. They are real eye candy, and the rooster - with the exception of his not-so-perfect comb - is one of my favorite birds.

My two main men

I was out with the camera yesterday and thought I would post a few pics of my lovely little birds BR main man as a gawky teen And now Maybe this is why people think cochins look like basketballs? And my almost identical twin sister LB's

Very nice, you can see the breast lacing really well. He has a nice comb too. That LF brown red is the best I have ever seen color wise, and looks very typy too.

Dave, do you have any pictures of your silver blues? Would love to see one - Mary

Love that number 2 roo

Sure. SierraView has auctioned hers in the spring, keep an eye on the egg auctions and you can sometimes get some really nice bloodlines. And some not so nice ones show up there also, so it is worth checking them carefully - some of the "lemon blues" are actually not. Especially the large fowl...

I have already placed the extra birds from this year's hatch- hoping to have hatching eggs next spring though - and lots of beautiful chicks!

I have some beautiful LB/BR from some of sierra view's eggs

He is not lemon blue and you would not get LB from him.

For those interested in developing their own BR's, here is the link to an earlier post by Bo Garrett, on how to do it https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/226606/lemon-blue-cochins-brand-new-pictures/120#post_4176793

Yes, Bruce is indeed rare -you are very fortunate to have such a handsome and unusual fellow. You would do well to find some BR hens for him and establish a line. You could also use pure Blue hens to start a LB project with him. Many of your birds appear to be buff-based, very pretty but not...

OK I couldn't find the post, so here is goes - The blue gene works on black and red to fade them. The gene works the same way on all colors of birds, so you get a variety of results depending on the base colors. To produce true Lemon Blues, you start with Brown Red (black body with reddish...

Wayne, you get the possibility of splash chicks when you breed LB to LB, or LB to splash. Genetically, they have two genes for blue, which fades the black and red colors out to a whitish bird with "splash" markings. Some people like them, others prefer the LB and BR color patterns. The...