We started out with a silver laced rooster on dun hens. We kept all the females and bred them back to a silver laced which gave mostly laced birds (silver or dun laced) and a couple solid dun or black birds. So basically two generations. We will have eggs in the spring, the rooster will be in with silver laced hens and the pullet will either be with the silver laced rooster or the dun laced rooster.
Thanks for the compliment on the phoenix, we will be crossing him on light brown hens and getting all creles next year!