Hen or Rooster?

[Amer]

He is a splash Cochin.

 

[ChickenChick46]

He is a splash Cochin.

I thought splash was the white or light gray with black or blue spotting or mottling. The result of the BBS genetics when you breed a blue to blue. Am I incorrect on that?

 

[JedJackson]

I thought splash was the white or light gray with black or blue spotting or mottling. The result of the BBS genetics when you breed a blue to blue. Am I incorrect on that?

Splash is some shade of pale blue, often with splashes of darker blue.

Lavender is a much more even color.

Blue is usually darker, with lacing.

It's a fine line, though, between blue and blue splash, sometimes.

 

[Amer]

I thought splash was the white or light gray with black or blue spotting or mottling. The result of the BBS genetics when you breed a blue to blue. Am I incorrect on that?

Sometimes splashes have splashes of color, other times they are a fairly even very light shade of blue. And yes, they are homozygous for the blue gene while blues are heterozygous.

 

[ChickenChick46]

Sometimes splashes have splashes of color, other times they are a fairly even very light shade of blue. And yes, they are homozygous for the blue gene while blues are heterozygous.

Thank you for the clarification! I'm still learning all this.

 

[ChickenChick46]

Sometimes splashes have splashes of color, other times they are a fairly even very light shade of blue. And yes, they are homozygous for the blue gene while blues are heterozygous.

Thank you so much for this information. It's a lot to know!