Barnvelders genetics

[Mandy19]

Hi I have a Blue laced barnvelder I was just wondering what colour chicks I would get when mating him with my gold laced barnvelder I'm not very good with genetics would I get a percentage of both parents

 

[nicalandia]

Hi I have a Blue laced barnvelder I was just wondering what colour chicks I would get when mating him with my gold laced barnvelder I'm not very good with genetics would I get a percentage of both parents

The only difference would be the blue mutation(Bl, Bl/Bl being splash and Bl/bl+ being blue), so when crossing Bl/bl+ birds with bl+/bl+ you get 50% Bl/b+ and 50% bl+/bl+, so half will be Blue Laced and half will be gold laced.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

The only difference would be the blue mutation(Bl, Bl/Bl being splash and Bl/bl+ being blue), so when crossing Bl/bl+ birds with bl+/bl+ you get 50% Bl/b+ and 50% bl+/bl+, so half will be Blue Laced and half will be gold laced.

Blue laced barnevelders are blue laced red, right?

 

[ColtHandorf]

I think the Blues are laced with silver, not gold. So you're looking at the blue gene and the gold/silver lacing gene coming into play.

 

[nicalandia]

Blue laced barnevelders are blue laced red, right?

From: https://www.barnevelders.net/blue-laced-barnevelder.html

"The Blue Laced Barnevelder is a sport of the standard type where the black in the lacing of the feathers is replaced with Blue. It is relatively rare and there is often considerable wastage in its production as blue birds do not breed true. I have also found it better to use a blue splash male to breed over gold hens rather than the other way around."

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

From: https://www.barnevelders.net/blue-laced-barnevelder.html

"The Blue Laced Barnevelder is a sport of the standard type where the black in the lacing of the feathers is replaced with Blue. It is relatively rare and there is often considerable wastage in its production as blue birds do not breed true. I have also found it better to use a blue splash male to breed over gold hens rather than the other way around."

Huh. I only say that because when I look up "blue laced barnevelder" all of the examples look blue laced red.

 

[nicalandia]

Huh. I only say that because when I look up "blue laced barnevelder" all of the examples look blue laced red.

They do look Blue Laced..! And the Gold Laced look red enhanced too, I don't see the marked difference between "Blue Laced" and the "Gold Laced" as you see on the Blue Laced Wyandottes and the Gold Laced Wyandottes.

 

[Amer]

Yeah, that's weird. Why does the blue seem to erase half of the double lacing pattern?

 

[nicalandia]

Yeah, that's weird. Why does the blue seem to erase half of the double lacing pattern?

No, they are single laced not double laced.

 

[nicalandia]

There are doubled Laced Barnvelders and there are single laced Barnvelders, Double Laced Barnvelders males lack any lacing on the breast(because they are not columbian restricted, just Melanotic and the pattern gene), Single Laced Barnevelders roosters have well defined breast lacing because of the Columbian restrictor Co.

Double Laced eb/eb, Ml/Ml, Pg/Pg. it seems like double lacing is exceedingly hard to obtain in e+ and eWh background.

Single Lacing: eb/eb, Ml/Ml, Pg/Pg, Co/Co. Single Lacing can be expressed in e+ and to a lesser extend on eWh.

Double Laced Barnvelder rooster from source: https://cheshirepoultry.co.uk/blue-double-laced-barnevelder-large-fowl/