Breeding to get Silked Lavender Ameraucanas/EE

[ParksPoultry]

Hey y’all. I have some beautiful Silked EEs(roosters annd hens) and one Lavender Ameraucana (hen). I have had breeding projects where I was able to hatch additional Silked EE from non-Silked mothers.

Would I be able to hatch lavender Silked EE? If so, how many generations would it take?

Thanks! It’s not urgent, but I love the color of eggs that both breeds give me and I love the lavender coloration.

 

[Silkies4everr]

Lavender is recessive and needs two copies so the best chance of more lavenders would be to keep a cockerel of hers and breed it back to her and any pullets she hatches.

Doing that will get you 50% lavenders and 50% who carry it from the lavender hen, and 25% lavenders, 50% carriers, and 25% non-carriers from her children who carry it.

Once you get a lavender roo you can also breed him back to the lavender hen and any other lavenders for guaranteed lavender chicks.

Is the lavender hen silkied or a silkie gene carrier? If so that will boost her chances of producing a silkied chick.

Breed her to a silkie roo as well so that any chicks will either be silkied or carry the gene. Once you get the first gen of chicks grown then they should carry the silkie gene or be silkied so you don't have to breed with the silkie roo any more.

Depending on how your silkie and lavender hatch rate goes the generations could be different but I believe the smallest gen number possible would be two gens.

 

[ParksPoultry]

Lavender is recessive and needs two copies so the best chance of more lavenders would be to keep a cockerel of hers and breed it back to her and any pullets she hatches.

Doing that will get you 50% lavenders and 50% who carry it from the lavender hen, and 25% lavenders, 50% carriers, and 25% non-carriers from her children who carry it.

Once you get a lavender roo you can also breed him back to the lavender hen and any other lavenders for guaranteed lavender chicks.

Is the lavender hen silkied or a silkie gene carrier? If so that will boost her chances of producing a silkied chick.

Breed her to a silkie roo as well so that any chicks will either be silkied or carry the gene. Once you get the first gen of chicks grown then they should carry the silkie gene or be silkied so you don't have to breed with the silkie roo any more.

Depending on how your silkie and lavender hatch rate goes the generations could be different but I believe the smallest gen number possible would be two gens.

Okay, yeah, I was thinking I’d have to do a bit of line breeding. I could find a lavender silkie, but then it would be awhile before getting blue eggs

No, the Lavender Ameraucana is not silked. She’s just pretty and lays vibrant eggs.

 

[Silkies4everr]

Okay, yeah, I was thinking I’d have to do a bit of line breeding. I could find a lavender silkie, but then it would be awhile before getting blue eggs

No, the Lavender Ameraucana is not silked. She’s just pretty and lays vibrant eggs.

In that case just breed her to a silkie roo and then breed one of her cockerels to her pullets. You could breed back to her but you wouldn't get a silkie.

 

[ParksPoultry]

In that case just breed her to a silkie roo and then breed one of her cockerels to her pullets. You could breed back to her but you wouldn't get a silkie.

Those offspring of the mated hatch mates would be 50% silked/lavender, and 50% not? This could be a fun project.

 

[Silkies4everr]

Those offspring of the mated hatch mates would be 50% silked/lavender, and 50% not? This could be a fun project.

Silkie chance when breeding hatch mates should be the same as the lavender chance from hatch mates

 

[ParksPoultry]

Silkie chance when breeding hatch mates should be the same as the lavender chance from hatch mates

Perfect, thank you!

 

[Silkies4everr]

Perfect, thank you!

You're welcome

 

[Slothinc]

Ohhh @HollyParks what a fun project!!!! Im working on similar right now - the goal is lavender silkies (or at least silkie feathered birds) that lay a blue egg! We should keep in touch about this project!! I already have some 2nd and 3rd generations growing out.

 

[ParksPoultry]

Ohhh @HollyParks what a fun project!!!! Im working on similar right now - the goal is lavender silkies (or at least silkie feathered birds) that lay a blue egg! We should keep in touch about this project!! I already have some 2nd and 3rd generations growing out.

Yes please keep me updated! I think it could be a really fun project. Maybe we could swap eggs too once I get into my project a bit more.