Quote:
A splash rooster will get 100% splash chicks with the splash hens and 50% blue, 50% splash with the blue hens. A black rooster will give you 100% blue with the splash hens and 50% blue, 50% black with the blue hens. A blue rooster will give you 50% blue, 50% splash with the splash hens and 50% blue, 25% splash, and 25% black with the blue hens. So I guess the question you need to think about is what color you want the most of running around if you hatch out their eggs. Also, keep in mind that most breeders seem to agree that splash to splash matings usually result in a "washed out" more white splash offspring and the best splashes come from eggs where at least one of the parents was blue.
Right. I must have missed the original post. Your best bet is to get a black roo. You will get all blue and black in your f1s, but it will supposedly help the blues with lacing. If you want to make more splash though, you will need a blue roo.
A splash rooster will get 100% splash chicks with the splash hens and 50% blue, 50% splash with the blue hens. A black rooster will give you 100% blue with the splash hens and 50% blue, 50% black with the blue hens. A blue rooster will give you 50% blue, 50% splash with the splash hens and 50% blue, 25% splash, and 25% black with the blue hens. So I guess the question you need to think about is what color you want the most of running around if you hatch out their eggs. Also, keep in mind that most breeders seem to agree that splash to splash matings usually result in a "washed out" more white splash offspring and the best splashes come from eggs where at least one of the parents was blue.
Right. I must have missed the original post. Your best bet is to get a black roo. You will get all blue and black in your f1s, but it will supposedly help the blues with lacing. If you want to make more splash though, you will need a blue roo.
