Blue laced red polish project questions and discussion

[Aunt Angus]

I'd think blue with leakage. Kinda looks like my araucana male but female

Leakage. That's the word I was looking for. Duh! Thanks!

 

[ColtHandorf]

Ok, blue-laced-red aficionads, I don't think that's what I have here, but it's the closest thing I can think of to describe this:
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What would you call this? Some folks told be blue. Some told me chocolate. I'm just curious. I love this pullet's coloring, but don't know how to describe it. Clearly, she's more gray than anything.

That's a Blue-laced Gold. SHe lacks the mahogany gene required for red.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That's a Blue-laced Gold. SHe lacks the mahogany gene required for red.
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She's gold? She's much redder than my gal is

 

[Aunt Angus]

I'm fine with "gray chicken with brown leakage." Sounds un-hygienic, but that seems appropriate. I just wasn't sure how to describe her to others.

 

[ColtHandorf]

She's gold? She's much redder than my gal is

Not my bird. She was a proper BLRW.

I'm fine with "gray chicken with brown leakage." Sounds un-hygienic, but that seems appropriate. I just wasn't sure how to describe her to others.

She's gold with blue lacing. Possibly Buff. I mean she's mixed, obviously, but should you ever want to start that variety in a breed, she'd be a good start.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Not my bird. She was a proper BLRW.

She's gold with blue lacing. Possibly Buff. I mean she's mixed, obviously, but should you ever want to start that variety in a breed, she'd be a good start.

Oh, okay. I thought you were saying that Wyandotte was gold

 

[ColtHandorf]

Oh, okay. I thought you were saying that Wyandotte was gold

No, I only had Blue-laced Red Wyandottes from McKinney and Govero before they liquidated their stock. The photos are nearly twenty years old now, and the color is off because of cameras in the dark ages, but it is what it is.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

It would be interesting to track down how the BLRW was developed. I've never considered the challenges of a project like this before.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Pretty sure they were in Europe before they were in the states. So I'd start looking that way. I think the originals here were imported.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

It seems like it would be simple enough to get Red Laced Blue (I thought good lines of GLB Polish actually did carry Mahogany modifiers)... but how do you switch it?