blue barred rock ?

[dinahmoe]

this is a blue barred rock that i hatched him from "Halo's " eggs and was just curiuos as what would i breed him to and what they would make.he is from a splash roo and a barred hen(i think).he was the only blue barred one out of 16 chicks.

 

[Goose and Fig]

I'm wondering the same thing. I know how BBS works, but the barring throws me off a bit. My roo hatched Thanksgiving, and he's just starting to show the barring in his blue. It's faint, but it's there. I have a blue pullet. a splash pullet, a white hen and a (black) barred hen. I was just going to throw them all together and see what we get. The barring was a nice surprise though!

 

[dinahmoe]

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i don't know how any of it works but since he was the only blue barred , i don't know if i should keep him for a new project.out of 16 chicks there were 4 roos(1 blue barred,1 black barred(maransx),2 blue) and 8 blue and 4 splash pullets.if you find out please let me know.thanks

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Usually a purebred barred male might be expected to be carrying two barring genes (BB). So if he is crossed with a non-barred hen then all of his offspring, whichever gender, would inherit *one barring gene from him.

Barred roo (BB) x non-barred hen = 100% barred offspring (male and female)

A barred male that is *Bb when mated with a non-barred female will produce 50% barred offspring and 50% non-barred offspring.

Barred hen x non-barred roo = barred males, non-barred females (can be sexed at hatch by head spot)

Hi! I think your boy is Bb, probably.
If you mate him with a barred female, you will get a small % of solid females.

Lisa​

 

[dinahmoe]

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Hi! I think your boy is Bb, probably.
If you mate him with a barred female, you will get a small % of solid females.

Lisa

yes he was 1 of 2 that had a head spot at hatch.does he carry a blue gene?sorry if its a stupid question but i flunked genetics.lol
i love it when all you guys get on a genetics question even if 98% of goes over my head.thanks

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! He's a blue!

The blue gene is an excellent example of an incompletely dominant gene.

One copy of blue (Bl/bl+) dilutes black to blue; two copies of blue (Bl/Bl) further dilutes the plumage to splash.

Blue x Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Splash, 25% Black

Blue x Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black

Blue x Splash = 50% Blue, 50% Splash

Black x Splash = 100% Blue

Splash x Splash = 100% Splash

I have some of Halo's blue and blue barred Rocks here.

Lisa

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Oh! I put some pertinent (to me) info on a page for easy reference : genetics, blue feather, blue egg, barring

Lisa
edited for spelling

 

[Happy Chooks]

I'm still trying to learn this stuff too. So if you crossed him with a blue female you'd get:
Blue x Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Splash, 25% Black

Right?

 

[Sillystunt]

If you mate:
Blue X Blue = 50% Blue . 25% Black , 25% Splash
Blue X Splash = 50% Blue , 50% Splash
Blue X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black
Splash X Black = 100% Blue
Black X Black = 100% Black
Splash X Splash = 100% Splash

 

[RAREROO]

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Yes, that is the percentages of the blue color you would get if you bred him to a blue hen, but since your roo is het. barred, half the offspring would be barred so you would actually get about 25% blue, 25% blue barred, 12.5% black, 12.5% black barred, 12.5% splash, 12.5% splash barred.

If you bred him with the Splash hens, would would get 25% each of Blue, Blue Barred, Splash, Spalsh barred ( you wouldn't be able to tell much differenc between the splash and splash barred though)

If you bred him to a Black Barred hen ( Barred Rock ) All of the male chicks would be 50% blue barred and 50% black barred, and the females would be about 25% each Blue, Blue Bar, black, Black bar ( All the roosters would be barred and half of the hens would be barred and half would be solid, again this is because your roo is het. Barred and not homo. Barred, if he was homo barred, he would produce all barred chicks, regardless of the color of hen he is bred to.