French frogs

[Miss Ameraucana]

We could just post the pics on the Am thread too, lol...

I'm sorry Ravyn, I did not mean to interrupt. I just found the topic interesting. I don't know much but I definitely like the tighter lower combs also. You have good day

 

[Ravynscroft]

The blues coming from the splash rooster and black hens are extremely dark chicks. That's what Oz has, and what I'm keeping next week. I'm hoping to get a good cockerel with a lower tail set than Jack

He has such gorgeous color... I do hope you get a comparable cockerel from him...

 

[Ravynscroft]

I'm sorry Ravyn, I did not mean to interrupt. I just found the topic interesting. I don't know much but I definitely like the tighter lower combs also. You have good day

No need to apologize... you're just fine... we like the outside observations... besides, it's a comparison... more eyes is better...

 

[Ravynscroft]

so that is a blue rooster.

and the hens, what do they look like?  blue rooster and blue hen, produce blue chicks?

blacks with blues produce splash?

Switch that around, lol...

Both of you have gorgeous birds.

Thanks!

 

[scflock]

Both of you have gorgeous birds.

Thanks, but Paul made mine

 

[scflock]

I'm sorry Ravyn, I did not mean to interrupt. I just found the topic interesting. I don't know much but I definitely like the tighter lower combs also. You have good day

Ravyn was joking with me about posting a link on the AM thread. She wasn't fussing at you

 

[Tumbling K]

Switch that around, lol...


Thanks!

thanks.......I'm gonna save that pic.

splash just sounded like it was mixed.....

think I got it.

 

[scflock]

He has such gorgeous color... I do hope you get a comparable cockerel from him...

That was the only splash I had seen until I started googling pictures. He is stunning. Many splash don't have nearly the defined cape that he does. I just need to drop that tail and fill his breast out a little more. I do know that he is a product of 2 blues, that's why I want a good blue rooster, so that I can make good splash using blues. Oz's Clementine is Jack over an extremely dark blue, so hopefully she will get the dark blue, too

 

[scflock]

thanks.......I'm gonna save that pic.

splash just sounded like it was mixed.....

think I got it.

That is my go to reference for my breeding matchups. Paul (and Ravyn

) suggested the best blues come from one black parent, that's why I came up with the combinations I did.
Think of splash as a dilution gene. If I mated my splash rooster to my splash hen, I would get 100% splash chicks, but the dark color would start washing out. I'm trying to use the darkest birds possible to produce the colors I want. I have 3 blue hens with the black rooster, and all are a much lighter blue than the one in the other pen. If I get darker hens this year, I will replace those 3 lighter ones

These are the blues and a splash with Johnny



See how much darker the blue behind Jack is? The edging on her feathers is much more pronounced, and gives her a much better overall look

 

[Ravynscroft]

thanks.......I'm gonna save that pic.

splash just sounded like it was mixed.....

think I got it.

Splash is the result of 2 blue genes... it's called silver in US Calls, same principle in breeding though...

That was the only splash I had seen until I started googling pictures. He is stunning. Many splash don't have nearly the defined cape that he does. I just need to drop that tail and fill his breast out a little more. I do know that he is a product of 2 blues, that's why I want a good blue rooster, so that I can make good splash using blues. Oz's Clementine is Jack over an extremely dark blue, so hopefully she will get the dark blue, too

I've seen a lot of splash hens, but not as many roos... but yours is the best looking one I have seen... I wasn't impressed with how others turned out...

That is my go to reference for my breeding matchups. Paul (and Ravyn ) suggested the best blues come from one black parent, that's why I came up with the combinations I did.
Think of splash as a dilution gene. If I mated my splash rooster to my splash hen, I would get 100% splash chicks, but the dark color would start washing out. I'm trying to use the darkest birds possible to produce the colors I want. I have 3 blue hens with the black rooster, and all are a much lighter blue than the one in the other pen. If I get darker hens this year, I will replace those 3 lighter ones

Don't confuse him...

Splash is not the dilute gene... blue is the dilute of black... a single copy of blue shows blue... 2 copies of blue expresses as splash...

Susan explained it best with the water in the paint metaphor...

Just found this pic... excuse the wind...