OK Now lets work on Lavender(Self Blue) and Mottling, two favorite recessive genes. Recessive genes have to have two copies to visually show the gene. a bird that only has only one copy will not show the gene, and will be called Split for the that gene. The best way to figure out Simple Recessive genes is to learn how to use a punnet square to show what percentages of what you would get.
I will use Lavender in the example, but Mottling, Recessive White, and other recessive genes can be inserted in the same place and work the same. We will us black as the base color as it is simplest to work with. So breeding Lav (2 copies) to Black (0 copies) will give all offspring will look black but will carry one copy and are called Split Lavs. From there breeding Split to Split will give 25% lavs, 50% Splits, and 25% pure blacks ( though you wont be able to tell the splits from the pure blacks. OR Breeding Split to Lav will give 50% Lavs and 50% Lavs. Breeding Lav to Lav will breed true and give 100% Lavs.
Lavender can be applied to almost any color or pattern ( except Dominant White) Lavender( aka Self Blue) Can dilute black as I explained above, but unlike Andalusian Blue, it can also dilute Gold colors as well. Some other patterns with black diluting Black and/or Gold would be
Coronation This is Silver Columbian with the black diluted by lavender.
Isabel is a term most often used when a bird also has lavender diluting gold too. Ex, Buff Isabels or Partridge Isabels would be were a bird has gold and black coloring but the gold is diluted to a washed out straw color and the black is diluted to the light grey color of lavender.
OK Now for mottling. Mottling breeds the same as Lav as far a percentages,is a gene that ideally puts a white tip on the end of each feather and separtes the white and the base color by a black bar called a chevron. Mottling can be applied to almost any color/pattern. Some patterns are
Black Mottled, like in Mottled Javas, since the base color is also black, you dont see the black chevrons, so you just see the black bird with white spots.
Blue Mottled, same as the above but with black diluted by one copy of Andalusian Blue
Mille Fleur as seen in Mille Fluer dUccles and dAnvers and others, it is Buff Columbian plus Mottling
Red Mille Fleur as seen in Speckled Sussex, it is Red Columbian like RIRs plus mottling
Spangled As seen in TRUE colored Gamefowl and Orloffs. It is BBRed ( Red Duckwing) plus mottling. I stressed TRUE colored because there most of todays Orloffs and some OEGBs that I have seen, that are Red Mille Fleur instead of Spangled. Also this is not the same color as Silver or Golden Spangled Hambergs.
Tolbunt As seen in Tolbunt Polish, this is a Golden Laced bird plus mottling.
And then there are two colors that I can think of that have both of these genes. They are
Pearl as seen in Pearl OEGBs or Cochins. This would be a black bird diluted to Lavender, with mottling added. So it would be mottled Lavender.
Porcelain as seen in Porcelain dUccles and dAnvers, is Buff Columbian with both black and gold diluted, and with mottling added.
( There are other colors that go by Porcelain like in Silkies, I dont belive Porcelain Silkies have to have mottling and on the Feathersite Website, there are Porcelain Wyandottes that dont have the lavender and are more like the Mottled Red Columbian color)
I will use Lavender in the example, but Mottling, Recessive White, and other recessive genes can be inserted in the same place and work the same. We will us black as the base color as it is simplest to work with. So breeding Lav (2 copies) to Black (0 copies) will give all offspring will look black but will carry one copy and are called Split Lavs. From there breeding Split to Split will give 25% lavs, 50% Splits, and 25% pure blacks ( though you wont be able to tell the splits from the pure blacks. OR Breeding Split to Lav will give 50% Lavs and 50% Lavs. Breeding Lav to Lav will breed true and give 100% Lavs.
Lavender can be applied to almost any color or pattern ( except Dominant White) Lavender( aka Self Blue) Can dilute black as I explained above, but unlike Andalusian Blue, it can also dilute Gold colors as well. Some other patterns with black diluting Black and/or Gold would be
Coronation This is Silver Columbian with the black diluted by lavender.
Isabel is a term most often used when a bird also has lavender diluting gold too. Ex, Buff Isabels or Partridge Isabels would be were a bird has gold and black coloring but the gold is diluted to a washed out straw color and the black is diluted to the light grey color of lavender.
OK Now for mottling. Mottling breeds the same as Lav as far a percentages,is a gene that ideally puts a white tip on the end of each feather and separtes the white and the base color by a black bar called a chevron. Mottling can be applied to almost any color/pattern. Some patterns are
Black Mottled, like in Mottled Javas, since the base color is also black, you dont see the black chevrons, so you just see the black bird with white spots.
Blue Mottled, same as the above but with black diluted by one copy of Andalusian Blue
Mille Fleur as seen in Mille Fluer dUccles and dAnvers and others, it is Buff Columbian plus Mottling
Red Mille Fleur as seen in Speckled Sussex, it is Red Columbian like RIRs plus mottling
Spangled As seen in TRUE colored Gamefowl and Orloffs. It is BBRed ( Red Duckwing) plus mottling. I stressed TRUE colored because there most of todays Orloffs and some OEGBs that I have seen, that are Red Mille Fleur instead of Spangled. Also this is not the same color as Silver or Golden Spangled Hambergs.
Tolbunt As seen in Tolbunt Polish, this is a Golden Laced bird plus mottling.
And then there are two colors that I can think of that have both of these genes. They are
Pearl as seen in Pearl OEGBs or Cochins. This would be a black bird diluted to Lavender, with mottling added. So it would be mottled Lavender.
Porcelain as seen in Porcelain dUccles and dAnvers, is Buff Columbian with both black and gold diluted, and with mottling added.
( There are other colors that go by Porcelain like in Silkies, I dont belive Porcelain Silkies have to have mottling and on the Feathersite Website, there are Porcelain Wyandottes that dont have the lavender and are more like the Mottled Red Columbian color)
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