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I hope you read this as it's meant, no bad attitude, but as someone who is relatively new to focussing on breeds and breeding, and is now more than a little confused.
I thought splash meant speckled...
?? I purchased him and his matching hen( Sweet pictured w/ Sour below ) as chicks from the Murray McMurray hatchery as pure bred BLRWs.
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" Splash " , in this instance , refers to BLWs getting two copies of the blue gene , diluting much of the black lacing to white . Getting one copy dilutes it to blue . Blue Laced Wyandottes do not breed true , and half the chicks from the mating of two will be blue laced , a quarter will be black laced , the other quarter splash laced . Two Splash laced will produce all splash laced , but splash laced on black laced will produce 100% blue laced .
ETA: I should have typed Black or Blue Laced Red Wyandottes i.e. BLRWs
I hope you read this as it's meant, no bad attitude, but as someone who is relatively new to focussing on breeds and breeding, and is now more than a little confused.
I thought splash meant speckled...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/75928_foliage_035.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/75928_new_additions_013.jpg
" Splash " , in this instance , refers to BLWs getting two copies of the blue gene , diluting much of the black lacing to white . Getting one copy dilutes it to blue . Blue Laced Wyandottes do not breed true , and half the chicks from the mating of two will be blue laced , a quarter will be black laced , the other quarter splash laced . Two Splash laced will produce all splash laced , but splash laced on black laced will produce 100% blue laced .
ETA: I should have typed Black or Blue Laced Red Wyandottes i.e. BLRWs
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