I think i hatched dalmations😂

[janiedoe]

Hello, welcome to BYC. Im not really educated in genetics, but, as I understand it Lavender (also known as self blue) when bred to any other color comes out black.
Blue is actually bbs/ blue, black, splash. So even though your rooster is black in color, he is technically bbs, and can pass the blue color to offsprings.
Plus he is very pretty. So is your hen.
@NatJ Is very good at explaining the genetics of feather color.

 

[Porpie Pie]

Sorry I think I mixed them up. There's a black chick, I can't remember if it's in the picture, that one was from the blue hen and the black rooster. The yellow spotted ones are from either sex links, buff orpies or my jersey giant.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Yellow with spots like that is usually the result of having one copy of dominant white on a black background. My guess would be those are from your RSLs, as they often have one copy of dominant white as well and should pass it on to roughly half of their offspring. The chicks should be mostly white with black flecks and probably some red leakage as adults.

Cute babies!

 

[3KillerBs]

So even though your rooster is black in color, he is technically bbs, and can pass the blue color to offsprings.

That's not correct. Black is the absence of any Blue genes. Blue means 1 copy, splash means 2 copies.

 

[janiedoe]

Thank you, killer.
I didn't understand that, and I appreciate the correction. I don't want to pass on incorrect information.

 

[3KillerBs]

Thank you, killer.
I didn't understand that, and I appreciate the correction. I don't want to pass on incorrect information.

That's the one piece of chicken genetics I really understand -- since I'm working on breeding blues.

 

[samanthaoverton]

What a lovely roo.

I'm not sure. I bought a lavendar and 2 black orpingtons from someone as chicks. ( they all turned out to be roosters so I traded the lavendar roo for the blue hen and something got my other black one they all turned out to be roosters) but here's a pic of Pollux the rooster and Evelyn the hen.

 

[janiedoe]

That's the one piece of chicken genetics I really understand -- since I'm working on breeding blues.

You have some great looking blues! I hope you'll keep breeding langshan too. Hardly anyone seems to have them anymore. it's such a shame. They don't especially lay well, but they are friendly, and hardy.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I feel like the genetics of blue, black, and splash are the foundation of most people's understanding of genetics. I'm pretty sure that was one of the first genes I had a really strong understanding of as well, if not the first. Recently I've picked up Genetics of the Fowl by F.B. Hutt and in the section about blue, it talks about the size, shape, and distribution of the individual pigment granules that cause the color differences between blue and black, and that has my head spinning on it all over again!

 

[3KillerBs]

You have some great looking blues! I hope you'll keep breeding langshan too. Hardly anyone seems to have them anymore. it's such a shame. They don't especially lay well, but they are friendly, and hardy.

Thank you.

I'm not intending to keep on with the Langshans. Ludwig is a splendid rooster (well, technically he's a cockerel for 2 more days), but I'm unimpressed by the hens. Not only is Sesame a poor layer (though her egg is lovely), the poor girl is the only serious bare-back in the flock.

Recently I've picked up Genetics of the Fowl by F.B. Hutt and in the section about blue, it talks about the size, shape, and distribution of the individual pigment granules that cause the color differences between blue and black, and that has my head spinning on it all over again!

That sounds fascinating -- though really complex.