I want chicks 😫 and these are my dream breeds! What are everyone’s else’s dream breeds?

[AmeraucanaHank]

Oh and silkied Ameriucanas are on the list too

Yes, silkied ameraucanas sound the best! They look like silkies but lay blue eggs!

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

My brother really wants a blue laced red whyandotte! Also, may I ask what bbs means?

Black blue splash, the genes are similar in the sense that breeding blue and black silkies gives you blue black and splash babies. That's my best explanation

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

What color is your polish?

Black white crested

 

[EEforMe]

Black white crested View attachment 3185152View attachment 3185153

Looks like a baby got a bath???

 

[Jmpridge]

Indio gigante these I already have, cemanis have had down to 1 hen, had a fox mom help me reduce my flock size. Would love to have peafowl!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

breeding blue and black silkies gives you blue black and splash babies. That's my best explanation

BlueXBlue= blue, black, splash
BlackXBlack= Black
SplashXSplash= Splash
BluexBlack= Blue and Black
BluexSplash= Blue and Splash
BlackXSplash= Blue

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Yes, silkied ameraucanas sound the best! They look like silkies but lay blue eggs!

Actually, they still look like Ameraucanas--they just have fuzzy feathers instead of normal ones.

Black blue splash, the genes are similar in the sense that breeding blue and black silkies gives you blue black and splash babies. That's my best explanation

They're all caused by the same gene, blue (Bl). Or, rather, Black is the absence of the blue gene (bl+/bl+), while Blue is the result of one copy of the blue gene (Bl/bl+) and Splash is from two copies (Bl/Bl). That's why you get a some chicks of all three colors when you breed Blue to Blue, because either parent can pass on a blue gene or a not-blue gene resulting in a chance for any of the possible combinations in their offspring.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Looks like a baby got a bath???

Yep she was definitely not into it but was FILFY and not getting away being a dirt ball lol. She is due for another now

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

BlueXBlue= blue, black, splash
BlackXBlack= Black
SplashXSplash= Splash
BluexBlack= Blue and Black
BluexSplash= Blue and Splash
BlackXSplash= Blue

Actually, they still look like Ameraucanas--they just have fuzzy feathers instead of normal ones.




They're all caused by the same gene, blue (Bl). Or, rather, Black is the absence of the blue gene (bl+/bl+), while Blue is the result of one copy of the blue gene (Bl/bl+) and Splash is from two copies (Bl/Bl). That's why you get a some chicks of all three colors when you breed Blue to Blue, because either parent can pass on a blue gene or a not-blue gene resulting in a chance for any of the possible combinations in their offspring.

Oh thanks. I am horrible with genetics. So 2 blues give splash and blue and black just give blue and black, good to know

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh thanks. I am horrible with genetics. So 2 blues give splash and blue and black just give blue and black, good to know

2 blues give all 3 colors. Not just splash