Is it blue laced silver or violet laced?

[tazcat70]

I am working on blue laced silver Wyandottes. What is the correct terminology?

Thanks!

 

[NanaKat]

Here is my first Blue Laced Silver Wyandotte..... it is 8 weeks old.
A lovely Blue Wyandotte hen covered by my SL Wyandotte roo.
Will be anxious to see how the color looks after the first molt.

 

[Bleenie]

Your beautiful girl makes me want to get a SLW roo for my Blue hens!!! She's gorgeous

. Did you get many like her from that breeding?

Here is my first Blue Laced Silver Wyandotte..... it is 8 weeks old.
A lovely Blue Wyandotte hen covered by my SL Wyandotte roo.
Will be anxious to see how the color looks after the first molt.

 

[EweSheep]

I know a friend of mine that has a lavender laced Sebright. She was flat out goreous!

 

[Illia]

Most people call it Lilac Laced or something similar.


Just remember, work on type. Type first, THEN color. You want a Lilac Laced Wyandotte, not random chicken.

 

[tazcat70]

I started with Wyandottes of a good shape. I will try and post some pictures. I am currently working on my F2's and then I will be breeding them back to Silver Laced to work on any type that I have lost. I had HUGE fertility issues when I started.

F1's

 

[Illia]

Just as a little tip - Try and breed any pinched/narrow tails out. I don't mean to pick, but the hen on the right looks to have a pinched tail. You want something which the rear is rather open and well spanned. It could very well just be the photo too though, just mentioning in case. I've seen a lot of BLRW with rather narrow tails and backends.

 

[Bleenie]

My old hatchery SLW's had the pinched tails but my Blue & Black girls seem to have good(if not very good) tails. My blues are better by leaps & bounds than my other Wyandottes and i think it's because there's so much interest in the color, people pay more attention to getting them right.

 

[tazcat70]

I will look tomorrow and see if it the picture or the hen. Thanks for mentioning it. I need all the help I can get, and willing to listen and learn!

 

[NanaKat]

Illia, thank you for the tips.
Bleenie, This was my first to hatch. I ended up doing some AI because the hen has a very fluffy bottom.
Tazcat..would love to see photos.

Trying to copy pictures from my profile album....
Here is my Blue Wyandotte hen


And here is the rooster