Diluted blue australorp

[Angel07]

Can anyone post a photo of a diluted blue australorp? I hear all about how breeding blue to blue too often will cause them to become diluted but I've never seen any photos.

Thanks in advance

 

[3KillerBs]

I have blue girls that are paler and blue girls that are darker. You can tell from the lacing that the pale one is blue rather than lavender and the darkest one is still blue rather than black.

 

[Angel07]

I have blue girls that are paler and blue girls that are darker. You can tell from the lacing that the pale one is blue rather than lavender and the darkest one is still blue rather than black.View attachment 3325211View attachment 3325212View attachment 3325213View attachment 3325216View attachment 3325217

Thank you for this. 2 more questions please, roughly how many generations can you breed blues for without it being too much a problem? And do you just breed the blue back to the black for one generation or does it take a few to get a better colour?

 

[3KillerBs]

Thank you for this. 2 more questions please, roughly how many generations can you breed blues for without it being too much a problem? And do you just breed the blue back to the black for one generation or does it take a few to get a better colour?

I don't know. I'm only in my second generation.