Blue laced Red Wyandotte variations?

[MairyMai]

DO blue laced red Wyandottes vary in color. I have looked on the internet for pics and is seems there are several different patterns for the same name. Here is what I found.

These are all under the name of Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, but the coloring looks different to me? I am so confused... HELP

 

[sylviethecochin]

Blue is...weird.
Splash is a mutation of black.
What you think of as blue is actually a splash gene and a black gene--splash diluting black.

The chickens that look white-laced have two splash genes, no black genes. If you bred them with a black-laced red wyandotte, the chicks would all come out blue-laced red.

 

[MairyMai]

Ok... Thats confusing, but I get it. Will I still get Blue Laced Red Wyandottes if I breed a BLR Wyandotte roo with female BLR Wayandotte?

 

[Shepshill]

DO blue laced red Wyandottes vary in color. I have looked on the internet for pics and is seems there are several different patterns for the same name. Here is what I found.
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These are all under the name of Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, but the coloring looks different to me? I am so confused... HELP

Different, yes, but all gorgeous!

 

[MairyMai]

So, for breeding them, does it matter if they all look a bit different but are still BLR Wyandottes?

 

[sylviethecochin]

Ok... Thats confusing, but I get it. Will I still get Blue Laced Red Wyandottes if I breed a BLR Wyandotte roo with female BLR Wayandotte?

BluexBlue: (B is splash, b is black.)

 

[MairyMai]

OhhhKayyy, I think I'm getting it....

 

[sylviethecochin]

So, for breeding them, does it matter if they all look a bit different but are still BLR Wyandottes?

Some blue is better looking than others, but Blue-laced is blue-laced.

What you would want to avoid is selling black-laced as blue-laced. I would get a splash (B/B) rooster, and then it wouldn't matter what color your hens are. All of his chicks would carry at least one splash gene. They might be splash (B/B) or blue (B/b) but you could sell all of the offspring as Blue-laced.

EDT: It's usually called a BBS breeding pen (Blue/Black/Splash)
EDT2: Okay, badly stated. You can sell black-laced, so long as you advertise BBS and disclaim that your breeding pen carries all of the genetics--you are not responsible for what sperm hit what egg. A lot of people don't understand blue genetics and might be a bit upset to get a black-laced chicken out of it.

 

[MairyMai]

Well, this is the rooster I have, he is only seven weeks old but is a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte.

 

[Shepshill]

Going back to the original photos, can you tell us which variations they are?