and How do I go about creating silver barnevelder?

[blackdotte]

The Australian Standard allows both patterns , single laced and double laced, in both sexes in Silver Barnevelders.
David

 

[tadkerson]

Quote:
Columbian restricted males have a silver breast or partial silver breast, males that are not columbian restricted have a black breast. You wanted to use male offspring in certain parts of your breeding program that have a black breast. Go back and read what I posted

Tim

 

[nzchicke]

Thanks Tim... yes I have read it thoroughly

I was just wanting to clarify that the non-black breast meant columbian restricted. Thanks heaps... I am looking forward to doing this.. I love the GDW colour males

 

[BantamCastle]

Have you seen this article?

http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/07E05A11.pdf

 

[blackdotte]

Both sexes should have the same lacing in both sexes. Either they are Double Laced or they are single laced. The tendency of single laced males and double laced females should be guarded against.
David

 

[BantamCastle]

Tim,

I am humbled by your insight. I drew out all of the Punnet squares for the recipe you described. I included the Silver gene, comb, and Columbian restriction, am I missing any? Could you eliminate a step by an F2xF2 cross of single comb, silver, non Columbian Restricted individuals? Will the absence of 'Co' show up as double lacing in some F2 hens? What is the advantage of taking an F2 male to create an F3 male and female of the same characteristics as the F2 generation? Is this for increasing the Barnevelder type, or am I missing something?

Al

 

[nzchicke]

This is my first back cross! I think this may be a girl- I also have a blue laced silver, single comb (brother or sister I do not know) too.
I am so excited- I have to refrain myself from hatching every egg I can find

It is nearly winter after all...lol

 

[dinahmoe]

congrats.i am happy you are following thru on your project.
i say hatch'em all.lol

 

[nzchicke]

Yes I am happy I am too! Many a times I thought I was crazy etc etc but I hatched some late eggs of another breed and had to fill up the incubator with something and these little babies popped out! The roo had only just been put in the pen

Now I am thinking of getting rid of a couple other breeds to free up some pens for mass multiplication! hehe

 

[nzchicke]

Just about 3 years later... and getting a little somewhere
Thought it would be good to update to keep people inspired with their own breeding projects!

The large fowl are hard- with their autosomal red- the girls just leak in more every moult but nothing time, and many incubators wont fix lol.

I also did a mix of bantams too, some have the large silver project bloodlines in them, some have pencilled Wyandotte in them, and some have a bit of both and more lol never bothered to much with the bantams but out came a very pretty girl this year!!



Large roo, pure for silver? I am sick of split roos - as having 50% girls hatch that do not have silver in them is a waste of time! Pullet behind him.

Pic from last season,


Hen after moulting after her first laying season (18months old) notice the lack of bright white.








2 pullets kept this year at POL, not great but was the best of their group to select from.

Egg colour is looking OK too, not really dark, but some can be mixed up with my other barneys eggs, some a bit blake-ish. bantams eggs are mostly a bit light