Jersey Giants

[ChickenManVa.]

Hi guys , im new to the site here but I had a question thats been plaguing me for years . If I put some white jersey giant hens in with a black jersey giant rooster and vice versa , would I eventually get a spotted giant much like a silver spangled hamburg . I'm getting ready to move back to the country and have always had chickens when able . Thanks......

 

[Little Chicken Girl]

Welcome to BYC!

No. Spangled is not gotten by breeding black + white. Although you can get splash chicks (really pretty color variation that looks like a white washed chicken with grey and or black paint splattered on it), You get this by breeding a black colored chicken X a blue colored chicken. However, you can not get splash from black + white.

A blue chicken X a blue chicken will not breed true (only some of the offspring will be like the parents).

Here is the combination for breeding splash and blue chicks:

• Blue X Blue = 50% of chicks are Blue, 25% Black and 25% Splash
• Blue X Black = 50% of chicks are Blue and 50% Black
• Blue X Splash = 50% of chicks Blue and 50% Splash
• Splash X Splash = 100% Splash chicks
• Splash X Black = 100% Blue chicks

Now, if your white jersey was not a pure white (it had either blue or black parents somewhere along the line), you could get splash genes to show up in the offspring. However, such an occurrence would be rare.

Hope this was helpful!

 

[ChickenManVa.]

Welcome to BYC!

No. Spangled is not gotten by breeding black + white. Although you can get splash chicks (really pretty color variation that looks like a white washed chicken with grey and or black paint splattered on it), You get this by breeding a black colored chicken X a blue colored chicken. However, you can not get splash from black + white.

A blue chicken X a blue chicken will not breed true (only some of the offspring will be like the parents).

Here is the combination for breeding splash and blue chicks:

• Blue X Blue = 50% of chicks are Blue, 25% Black and 25% Splash
• Blue X Black = 50% of chicks are Blue and 50% Black
• Blue X Splash = 50% of chicks Blue and 50% Splash
• Splash X Splash = 100% Splash chicks
• Splash X Black = 100% Blue chicks

Now, if your white jersey was not a pure white (it had either blue or black parents somewhere along the line), you could get splash genes to show up in the offspring. However, such an occurrence would be rare.

Hope this was helpful!

Ahhhh....ty yes very helpful . But one last question if you will....pray tell , what is a blue chicken ?

 

[Little Chicken Girl]

Here is a picture of a blue Jersey giant. The picture below that is a splash Jersey giant pair.

 

[ChickenManVa.]

Here is a picture of a blue Jersey giant. The picture below that is a splash Jersey giant pair. View attachment 1268054View attachment 1268055

Wow...those are pretty. Ty id like to get some blue ones