I have a splash girl, what color do I breed to her to get blue silkie?

[awesomefowl]

Hi,
I have a splash silkie girl. When she starts laying I plan on getting a roo for her so I can hatch some blue silkies--what color roo should I get? Blue or splash?
Any good silkie breeders out there who could tip me?
Thanks!
~Awesome

 

[catwalk]

There are plenty of threads on here that discuss blue breeding; just do a search on BBS, which is BYC shorthand for BlackBlueSplash, or the andelusian blue gene. You'll find that if you get a black cock, you should hatch all blue offspring. Good luck!

 

[awesomefowl]

So, a black cock.
I culdn't find any threads, links, anyone? Thanks! I did search blue genetics.

 

[speckledhen]

As was stated, splash bred to black will give all blue chicks.

 

[awesomefowl]

Quote:
Thanks! I will have to get a black cock. C'mon Salty (that's the girl's name) lay already!!!

 

[JenEric Farms]

Here you go:

Bue X Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Black, 25% Splash
Blue X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black
Blue X Splash = 50% Blue, 50% Splash
Black X Black = 100% Black
Splash X Splash = 100% Splash
Splash X Black = 100% Blue

 

[JenEric Farms]

So, you could use a blue roo as well. If you want to get blue and splash chicks.

 

[awesomefowl]

Well, I do like splash...here's a dilemma....???

 

[haTHOR]

for the purposes of this conversation/question, would a FCBM roo be considered black?

 

[chasehope]

Yes. A FBCM would be considered black. You can breed them to blue, blue copper, splash or splash copper and use the same rules as above!