Massively confused here...blue strikes again

[Blisschick]

pips&peeps :

FYI

I did have a blue roo with green sheen......but you could tell he was blue. Maybe the hen is blue and not splash. This is another example of why I do not breed blue to blue.

Anyway as Spongebob would say, "Good luck with that."

I'm not disputing that blue can have a sheen...it's just not as bright and pronounced as on black. Most of my BLRW roos have black/dark blue spots on their feathers that have a slight green sheen.

My hen is most definitely blue, not dark, but not light. I'm pretty sure my roo has been posing as a splash and is really blue.

 

[Kev]

Blisschick,

I really can understand thinking black is black. I wish you could see that black silkie rooster. He really is jet black, very shiny, etc. His breeder thought he was black, the buyer thought he was black, I thought he was black.

The very first thing I said to the lady, was pointing out the two splashes and saying "Hey those couldn't have come from the black pen as splashes have to get blue gene from both parents". She was quite adamant that there was no mixing of eggs or mistake somewhere. To be honest I was slightly skeptical but she was so completely sure, so...

I keep saying this, but really the only way you can know for SURE what is going on is by saving and breeding those black chicks to a splash. IF they produce splashes, it proves the blacks are genetically blue. IF they only produce blues, no splashes then it can tell you that rooster is indeed a blue that looks like a splash. Until some more test breedings you are really just guessing what is going on. Your guess could turn out to be right but it's also plausible that they could be real dark blues.

 

[Kev]

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Oh nice, the silkie owner also happens to have horses- frame overo horses. I think they are neat horses, especially the ones with different colored eyes. Wish I knew horse genetics to possibly help with comparisons but I don't. (btw are those bluish looking horses with the black stripe on back a version of dun? I think those are crazy beautiful)

From what you say from the pairings, it does sound like she probably doesn't have dominant white. How many chicks out of the black rooster though? Too few chicks can give misleading or skewed ratios, never mind about this if 10 or more were produced. I find it interesting that she and blue rooster apparently didn't produce splashes? Or did they?

 

[pips&peeps]

I just wanted to post a couple close up shots of that blue bird I referred to earlier. He was kind of unique.

Here's a close up of the sheen:

Here's a close up of the wing, which shows the blue feathers with some green sheen on the upper portion.

I just emptied my old chicken photo file, so I don't have any full shots of him.

 

[KKluckers]

pips&peeps :

I just wanted to post a couple close up shots of that blue bird I referred to earlier. He was kind of unique.

Here's a close up of the sheen:

http://www.ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=topic&s=attach&id=171

Here's a close up of the wing, which shows the blue feathers with some green sheen on the upper portion.

http://www.ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=topic&s=attach&id=172

I just emptied my old chicken photo file, so I don't have any full shots of him.

Jean,
Did you use the Roo in your breeding program?
I have a Orpington hen that is blue(looks black) with just the green sheen on the top of her feathers.​

 

[pips&peeps]

I ended up not using him. I talked to some of the other breeders and they said not to.

I can't remember why, but I took their advice. I think it was because a blue bird with green sheen does not fit the standard. The sheen on a blue bird is supposed to be the very dark blue.