Definition of "Splash"

[Tailfeathers]

Hi Y'all,

I am searching and will continue to do so but perhaps someone on here can help me in a more expeditious manner.

Would someone please post the authoritative, actual, without a doubt, positively known to be true definition of "Splash" and the source for that definition?

Thanks In Advance!

God Bless,

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! My definition of splash is a bird that has 2 copies of the 'blue gene'.
No source, just my breeding blue x blue gives a % of splashes.
Why is there a question?

Lisa

 

[blackdotte]

Splash is the colour resulting from the presence of homozygous Blue,Bl. Bateson & Punnett 1906, Lippincott 1918 & 1923, Bohren et al 1943,Cock 1953,Cote 1976 and Wilkins et al 1982.

 

[Marlinchaser]

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Splash is the effect on the surface of the water when I do a perfect dive, and trust me its a big splash unlike the ripples done by those olympic divers. Hope that helps.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Splash is the effect on the surface of the water when I do a perfect dive, and trust me its a big splash unlike the ripples done by those olympic divers. Hope that helps.

 

[emvickrey]

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[emvickrey]

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Splash is the effect on the surface of the water when I do a perfect dive, and trust me its a big splash unlike the ripples done by those olympic divers. Hope that helps.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Hi Tailfeathers, did you want the genetic definition (which you've been given) or the description from the standard?

 

[Tailfeathers]

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Thanks! Now where do I find these sources? What are they?

Yes Dipsy, the question was what I asked.

Sonoran, if you have a Standard with a different definition, I'd sure like to see that too.

And just in case anyone else is wondering, I'm trying to make sure that what I think is a Splash is truly a Splash and that there can't be other kinds.

For example, my next question would be, what is a "Sport". Is a "Sport" interchangeable with "Splash"?

Finally, there is a thread going around on BYC and on a Yahoo site that states there is a "Splash Welsummer". To my knowledge that just can't happen but before I unequivocably state so, I want to be sure.

God Bless,

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Splash and sport are not the same, although I suppose a splash could be a sport. However not all sports are splash.

A sport is an outcome that is unexpected based upon the parents' genes. Either an new mutation or the result of unknown recessive genes.

Splash is a specific genotype: Bl/Bl. The standards describe a phenotype (appearance), and really pay no attention to the genotype. Here is the description from the 2005 Bantam Standard:

SPLASH PLUMAGE
Color of Male and Female
PLUMAGE: Slaty blue and white that has a faint bluish gray tinge. Blue in feathers in the form of large irregular shaped blobs as distinct from V-shaped ticking. Main tail feathers and primary wing feathers with a lesser amount of blue than the rest of the plumage.
UNDERCOLOR: Slaty blue and sooty white, evenly distributed.
Disqualifications
Any appearance of rust in plumage--More than 50% blue in plumage.

A welsumer is a breed; I believe that it is usually a specific variety, but as with all breeds, I would imagine that a breeder could work on bringing additional varieties into the breed.

There are other varieties that have a somewhat similar appearance to splash: exchequer & paint. I've also heard the term used with homozygous dun (I^D/I^D) as in "splash dun." Dun expresses similarly to blue: one copy dilutes some, a 2nd copy dilutes further.​