How did I get a splash from a black over a blue?

[Winggedheart]

That's interesting, though one thing I figure is that the B/B/S theory is mostly done up on the majority of chicks born with that color. There's bound to be a glitch every now and then.

 

[Kev]

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So I ought not to breed the chick, you think? I bred the male to a red hen, and on a number of occasions, and the offspring always come out black, so I don't think he's blue.

That's a good clue your roo is not blue, especially if there was a total of more than 10-20 chicks. Less than that, still a chance because true ratios show up in larger numbers & possibility of some of them being 'super dark blues' too. You could also try breeding the 'looks splash' chick to non blues and see what they produce. If half blue half not blue offspring, you have proof this chick is a blue, not a splash.

As for breeding, I don't know. That's what I was told if even blue color was the goal. If it's not your goal then it doesn't matter too much..

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

I suppose it could be a "sport" or spontaneous mutation.

Let us know if the color changes any as it grows up.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Hmmmm, I often cross black to blue and get splash.

 

[speckledhen]

Never happened here with either BBS Orps, BBS Rocks or BBS Ameraucanas. I really think many of these supposed blacks are what some call "dull black" which is really just super dark blue.


The other alternative is that the splash is not a splash but an extremely light blue--I have had those. Just never had anything splash from a black x blue.

 

[Elphaba2140]

Do you have pictures? I have ordered Black Frizzle chicks and Blue cochins chicks so I am planning to create the same cross so I would be interested in seeing your birds.

 

[InsaneBreeder]

Hm.... perhaps later I will take pictures of the rooster, the splash-looking chick, and one of the rooster's other offspring and post them here to see what you all think based on appearance. For those of you who posted them, I do know all the B/B/S combinations, which is why I thought it was impossible to get what I did.

 

[InsaneBreeder]

Here are some pictures-

The "splash" chick:

The "black" father:

The blue mother:

And the result of a cross between the father and a red hen bantam cochin hen:

It's hard to really see the colors of the roosters because it was so bright when I took the pictures, but what do you all think?

 

[TurtleFeathers]

I'd be *almost* willing to bet the chick isn't a splash - I had one with similarly colored down that grew in blue.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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Then you have a dark blue male too.
It is agaiat the laws of genetics to get splash that way.
no glitches either, unless they are human, some blues can look splash, some blue look black, some splash look light blue.
But YOU have to know what they are. If you are getting an off color from the blue gene, then you are calling one of you birds by the wrong color.
I have blue d'anvers that everyone thinks are black, til you hold them just right in the sun.

But no black to blue never makes splash. Splash is two copies of the blue gene. You can not get two copies from a bird with none and a blue, so something is not being called correct by it's true genetic color.

here's some examples

this boys' blue

so is this hen

this one, though not traditionally patterned, is splash